Getting path temperature through mAPDL

- January 9, 2024 at 8:37 am
  
  thermalsr71
  Subscriber
  
  Hello, My mAPDL model contains several paths inside a name selection, along which I calculate the temperature and output it to a file. I would like to visualize the path, either in POST or PRE-treatment, only to see if I am correctly setting it.
  However, I do not know the commands to do that in APDL.
  
  Can someone help me please?
- January 9, 2024 at 9:21 am
  
  Erik Kostson
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hi
  Not sure exactly what you mean as you mention named selections which is workbench (WB) / mech. related - in mapdl it (named selection) is called components so cm command is used - the below might be of some help perhaps.
  The below video shows how to get results on a path in mapdl:
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjfiqwx-GgE
  
  And the apdl manual:
  
  7.2. Reviewing Results in POST1 (ansys.com)
  
  See here how to open and see the above help link:
  /forum/forums/topic/how-to-access-the-ansys-online-help/#:~:text=Here’s%20how%20you%20can%20access,A%20browser%20window%20will%20open.
  
  The below shows how to get results on a path in WB/Mechanical:
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91q283xj3iM
  All the best
  
  Erik
- January 9, 2024 at 11:05 am
  
  thermalsr71
  Subscriber
  
  Thank you Erik, but that does not really work for me since the paths that I create (through APDL commands in the ANSYS Mechanical environment) do not appear when I load either the db or the rth file in ANSYS APDL.
- January 9, 2024 at 11:26 am
  
  Erik Kostson
  Ansys Employee
  
  You can open up a support request and we will be happy to help you there.
  Closing here.
  All the best
  Erik