{"id":443348,"date":"2025-10-08T19:59:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/output-steps-in-ansys-motion\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T19:59:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:59:18","slug":"output-steps-in-ansys-motion","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/output-steps-in-ansys-motion\/","title":{"rendered":"Output Steps in ANSYS Motion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;I&rsquo;m encountering an issue in my Ansys Motion analysis related to the <strong>Output Step<\/strong> setting. When I set <code>Output Step = 60000<\/code>, I receive an error indicating that the software cannot reduce the timestep further. However, when I increase the value to <code>Output Step = 75000<\/code>, the error disappears.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&rsquo;ve reviewed the User Guide (attached), but I find the explanation a bit confusing. Since output steps are primarily for post-processing, I&rsquo;m wondering why they seem to affect the simulation itself. My understanding is that Ansys determines timesteps based on the minimum and maximum step sizes defined in the solver settings&mdash;so why would the output step interfere?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Additionally, even with this relatively large number of output steps, the time increment in the animation during post-processing appears to be 1 second. Is this expected behavior, or is there a way to adjust it?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I would greatly appreciate any insights or advice from the community regarding this issue.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Best regards,&lt;br&gt;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/08-10-2025-1759953440-Analysis Setting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"394\" height=\"535\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/08-10-2025-1759953486-Step control.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"814\" height=\"532\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-443348","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansysmotion","topic-tag-output-parameter-1","topic-tag-timestep","topic-tag-timestep-size-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["443348"],"_bbp_subscription":["602347","13632","605675"],"_bbp_author_ip":["205.169.57.202"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["443367"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["443367"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-10-09 02:53:17"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_engagement":["602347","13632","605675"],"_btv_view_count":["171"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"mohamad-alaghebandcelticengineering-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/443348","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\/443348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}