How can I see x and y deformation graph in ANSYS Static Structural?

- April 17, 2020 at 1:45 am
  
  Guangqi
  Subscriber
  
  I can use directional deformation to see X, Y and Z deformation, but how can I view a planar deformation (both x and y, without z)?
- April 17, 2020 at 3:59 pm
  
  Wenlong
  Ansys Employee
  
  You can insert a user-defined result, and define the output expression as "sqrt(ux*ux+uy*uy)".
  
  Regards,
  
  Wenlong