{"id":423751,"date":"2025-02-28T17:24:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T17:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-get-stress-at-a-node-and-put-it-in-a-parameter-for-use-with-optimization\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T17:24:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T17:24:28","slug":"how-to-get-stress-at-a-node-and-put-it-in-a-parameter-for-use-with-optimization","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-get-stress-at-a-node-and-put-it-in-a-parameter-for-use-with-optimization\/","title":{"rendered":"how to get stress at a node and put it in a parameter for use with optimization"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello, I would like to insert an &#8220;ANSYS Commands&#8221; script under the&nbsp; &#8220;Solution&#8221; tree in Mechanical that finds the stress at a specified node, and then inserts that value into a parameter that I can use to minimize the radius of a fillet (another parameter) to keep the stress under a certain value.&nbsp; I have searched all over, but haven&#8217;t been able to find the answer.&nbsp; I know I have to use something like:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;*GET, vm_max, NODE, 151, S, EQV&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But I get a message in Solution Information that says &#8220;Requested data is not stored for noded 151&#8221;.&nbsp; I definitely have Von Mises stress specified as an output for plotting.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also, I assume I have to create an output parameter first, but in the Parameters block in Workbench, the field &#8220;new output parameter&#8221; is greyed out.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you!&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-423751","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["275024"],"_bbp_topic_id":["423751"],"_bbp_subscription":["430670","20905"],"_bbp_author_ip":["108.53.47.202"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["424316"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["424316"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-03-04 18:47:32"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["430670","20905"],"_btv_view_count":["419"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"christopherdavidsonvalcor-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/423751","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\/423751\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}