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How to read in temperature from .txt and map onto target mesh?

Tagged: 18.1, apdl, Macros/Scripting/UPF, Macros/Scripting/UPF/ACT/PyAnsys, mechanical-apdl, structural-mechanics
    • January 25, 2023 at 7:34 am
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      The main commands and steps used here are: 1. define arrays/tables to hold the source and target data. It’s done through command *DIM 2. read in the source data into a table, then copy temperature and coordinates into two separate arrays. Done through *TREAD and *MFUN 3. map source data to target mesh. Done through *MOPER 4. Once mapping is done, use the *DO loop to apply temperature using BF command

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