{"id":461966,"date":"2026-07-29T20:21:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/mpp-output\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T20:21:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T20:21:52","slug":"mpp-output","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/mpp-output\/","title":{"rendered":"MPP output"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello there,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p class=&#8221;PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer&#8221; data-start=&#8221;113&#8243; data-end=&#8221;180&#8243;&gt;I have a question regarding the outputs when using LS-DYNA\/MPP.&nbsp;I would like to obtain the displacement of the rigid body, so I requested this output in the input file. In the output, I loaded the binout0000 file and selected rbdout&gt; rigid_body&gt; global_dz from the main branches in the binout file (the result is shown below).&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/29-07-2026-1785356100-mceclip0.png\" width=\"489\" height=\"330\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;444&#8243; data-end=&#8221;582&#8243;&gt;However, I noticed that there is another rigid body displacement output available under matsum&gt; SPHnode&gt; z_rbdisplacement (shown below).&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/29-07-2026-1785356125-mceclip1.png\" width=\"507\" height=\"342\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;587&#8243; data-end=&#8221;758&#8243;&gt;Since both outputs appear to represent rigid body displacement but give different values, could you please let me know which one is the correct displacement output to use?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;763&#8243; data-end=&#8221;773&#8243;&gt;Thank you,&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-461966","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-lsdyna","topic-tag-mpp","topic-tag-output","topic-tag-output-parameter-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hello there,I have a question regarding the outputs when using LS-DYNA\/MPP. 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