{"id":455847,"date":"2026-04-06T17:40:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-fringe-density-in-ls-prepost\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:40:04","slug":"how-to-fringe-density-in-ls-prepost","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-fringe-density-in-ls-prepost\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fringe Density in LS Prepost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p class=&#8221;MsoNormal&#8221;&gt;I am simulating one part with a top and bottom die. I want to extract the volume reduction and density change after pressing. For Volume change, I usually go to the Element tool-&gt;measure-&gt;Volume. I will plot the volume change to get a density plot.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p class=&#8221;MsoNormal&#8221;&gt;I know that LS Prepost won&rsquo;t output Density by default. Is there any way to Fringe the density in LS PrePost directly or indirectly? For my application, I would like to get a contour plot for the density gradient and the density change. Any user-defined procedure or something?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p class=&#8221;MsoNormal&#8221;&gt;Let me know if you have any suggestions or recommendations for this.&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-455847","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-density","topic-tag-implicit","topic-tag-ls-prepost","topic-tag-lsdyna"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27814"],"_bbp_topic_id":["455847"],"_bbp_subscription":["672785"],"_bbp_author_ip":["136.226.130.169"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["0"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["455847"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-04-06 17:40:04"],"_bbp_reply_count":["0"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["1"],"_bbp_engagement":["672785"],"_btv_view_count":["9"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"mehtay4mcmaster-ca"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/455847","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\/455847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}