{"id":45164,"date":"2020-06-16T14:03:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T14:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/plot-maximum-and-minimum-principal-stress-ansys-workbench\/"},"modified":"2023-11-02T12:38:37","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T12:38:37","slug":"plot-maximum-and-minimum-principal-stress-ansys-workbench","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/plot-maximum-and-minimum-principal-stress-ansys-workbench\/","title":{"rendered":"Plot maximum and minimum principal stress ANSYS Workbench"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there !<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I was wondering if there was an easy way to plot the maximal absolute principal stress on ANSYS Workbench.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The following &#8220;User-defined Result&#8221; allows to do so but I would like to keep the negative signs for compression and the positive signs for tension.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/e000d06c-d62b-4472-9dc4-abdc00de6685\/44704a5e-4055-4f4a-a05f-abdc00e08199_maximum-stress.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"274\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Is&nbsp;there a way&nbsp;without using APDL since I have never used it please ?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I guess it should look something like this&nbsp;:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>IF(abs(S1)&gt;abs(S3) ; S1 ; S3) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>But there seems to be a syntax error.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Thanks a lot !<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Regards,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Antoine&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-45164","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["17345"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["3928"],"_bbp_subscription":["252730","239392","58821"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["45164"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["79","58821","178598","239392"],"_bbp_voice_count":["4"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["314541"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["314541"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2023-11-02 12:37:51"]},"test":"antoinero"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/45164","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\/45164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}