{"id":247701,"date":"2023-01-27T09:57:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T09:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/visualization-of-deformation-over-time-transient-analysis-in-ansys-mechanical\/"},"modified":"2023-01-27T09:57:48","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T09:57:48","slug":"visualization-of-deformation-over-time-transient-analysis-in-ansys-mechanical","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/visualization-of-deformation-over-time-transient-analysis-in-ansys-mechanical\/","title":{"rendered":"Visualization of deformation over time (transient analysis in Ansys Mechanical)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello folks,<\/p>\n<p>I want to look at the deformation of nodes or a single node <strong>over time<\/strong> on a path (defined as construction geometry) in a transient structural simulation done in Ansys Mechanical 2022R2. How do I do that?<\/p>\n<p>In the definition of the result &#8220;Total Deformation&#8221; I can choose &#8220;Maximum over Time&#8221; or &#8220;Time of Maximum&#8221; as By-value, but without getting a &#8220;time&#8221; column in the exported txt-file, only the node coordinates and the deformation value.<\/p>\n<p>My big question: Is there an easy to accomplish what I want? Or do I have to add the total deformation result <strong>for every timestep<\/strong> for my path, export the result, and merge all files somehow to obtain the possibility of using &#8220;time&#8221; as x-axis? If you have also a clue on how the easy way could be implented via scripting in IronPython, please include this in your answer. Thx!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-247701","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-mechanical","topic-tag-python-scripting","topic-tag-script","topic-tag-time","topic-tag-time-average-2","topic-tag-transient","topic-tag-transient-structural","topic-tag-transient-time-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["25225","240"],"_bbp_author_ip":["96.7.74.173"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["3802"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["247701"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","25225"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["248548"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["248548"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-02-03 13:14:43"]},"test":"a-l-obermannweb-de"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/247701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/247701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}