{"id":460871,"date":"2026-07-06T08:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/question-about-d3max-and-d3plot\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T08:20:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:20:02","slug":"question-about-d3max-and-d3plot","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/question-about-d3max-and-d3plot\/","title":{"rendered":"Question about d3max and d3plot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I perform a implicit static analysis and use *DATABASE_BINARY_D3MAX\/*DATABASE_MAX_SOLID_SET to output the maximum stress of a target solid element set, and then perform post-processing in LSPP.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The issue I encounter is that, for the same set, the location and value of the maximum stress from d3max and d3plot are different:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- In d3max, the maximum stress is 853 MPa, with element ID = 19651.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;- In d3plot, the maximum stress is 932 MPa, with element ID = 19114.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I would like to know what causes this discrepancy.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you very much.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/06-07-2026-1783325886-mceclip2.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/06-07-2026-1783325990-mceclip3.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-460871","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27814"],"_bbp_topic_id":["460871"],"_bbp_subscription":["467414","13640"],"_bbp_author_ip":["202.111.6.210"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["461103"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["461103"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-07-09 07:37:32"],"_bbp_reply_count":["7"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["467414","13640"],"_btv_view_count":["82"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"493357912qq-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/460871","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\/460871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}