{"id":427552,"date":"2025-04-01T13:16:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T13:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/apdl-command-to-export-specific-nodal-stress-values\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T13:18:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T13:18:13","slug":"apdl-command-to-export-specific-nodal-stress-values","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/apdl-command-to-export-specific-nodal-stress-values\/","title":{"rendered":"APDL Command to Export Specific Nodal Stress Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Apologies if this is the incorrect area to post the following, this is my first post.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I would like to export an array of nodal principal stress values to a text file and have created the following APDL command to do so:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/01-04-2025-1743513249-mceclip0.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The problem is my output file contains values that do not reflect those in the relevant contour plots and associated exported text files:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/01-04-2025-1743513346-mceclip1.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/01-04-2025-1743513488-mceclip0.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have tried several options with the *VGET and *GET commands to no avail. Could someone point ime in the right direction as I am not overly familiar with APDL command references. &lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-427552","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-mapdl-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["427552"],"_bbp_author_ip":["157.231.186.74"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["427770"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["427770"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-04-02 19:16:10"],"_bbp_reply_count":["5"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_engagement":["536015","58821","79"],"_btv_view_count":["185"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_edit_last":["536015"],"_bbp_revision_log":["a:2:{i:427554;a:2:{s:6:\"author\";i:536015;s:6:\"reason\";s:0:\"\";}i:427555;a:2:{s:6:\"author\";i:536015;s:6:\"reason\";s:0:\"\";}}"],"_bbp_notification_enabled":["536015"],"_bbp_subscription":["58821","79","536015"]},"test":"james-leetfm-uk-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/427552","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/427552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":427555,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/427552\/revisions\/427555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}