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If you use the Cyclic Symmetry modeling method in ANSYS Mechanical APDL it always creates the duplicate sector which requires use the \/CYCEXPAND command for post processing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-170810","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-18-2","topic-tag-analysis-techniques","topic-tag-cyclic-symmetry","topic-tag-general","topic-tag-mechanical","topic-tag-structural-mechanics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"You cannot use the Cyclic Symmetry modeling method to obtain a single sector plot as it always creates a duplicate sector. 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