Have problems displaying the results after the update.

[viktor_velichko]

Hello, colleagues! I have problems displaying the results in linear static analysis after the update to 2020.2. 

I am seeing only the contour of the part, but I'm not seeing the distribution of displacements or stresses. What could be the problem? With other types of analysis, this problem is not. In addition to Nastran, I also updated Inventor.

[viktor_velichko]

I understand. When I hide mesh, my results disappear. You just need to display the mesh.

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[Anonymous]

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@viktor_velichko wrote:

I understand. When I hide mesh, my results disappear. You just need to display the mesh.

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The way you did it hides the mesh elements with the results.

If you want to hide the mesh edges only and keep the results, you can use the Plot dialog

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or the Visibility menu.

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EDIT: Looking at your screenshot again, obviously you already did it.

[viktor_velichko]

Thank you, Michael. May be you know how I can now display results on the face? I need get data of displacement on this curve blue face.

Result 3.jpg

[Anonymous]

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@viktor_velichko wrote:

... I need get data of displacement on this curve blue face.  ...

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I am not sure what you are searching for. You can use "Probes" or "Query Display" to show the result data.

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[viktor_velichko]

Michael, thank you. But I mean another way. Your way is very difficult for me. In SolidWorks Simulation or Ansys I could display results and get data of results on any face. It's making simple, just two click of mouse.  But I don't found like this options in Inventor Nastran. I need this results for my next post processing. 

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[John_Holtz]

Hi @viktor_velichko 

Inventor Nastran does not have a way to easily get the results from a face.

This article has some suggestions (and links to the Ideas pages where you can vote for suggested enhancements to the software). See How to sum the results of all nodes or elements on one surface in Nastran. The most difficult portion of the steps is getting all of the nodes associated with the face. In some cases, I will apply a small load to the face so that the Nastran file (.nas) will apply a load to each node, and then I can use the Nastran file to get the node numbers.

An alternative to using the XY Plot is it output all of the displacement results to the output file (.out) or punch file (.pch) and extract the results from either of those text files. With some manipulation of the output and Nastran file, it is possible to use Excel to extract the results from the entire list at the nodes of interest.

Let us know if you have any questions.

[viktor_velichko]

Thank you, Michael! It's strange. I thought it's basic things.

I have tried to another way. I create a assembly with solid and very thin surface body on the curve face with the same material and get contact between they. I got a visualization of the results on the surface in Inventor Nastran.

You way applies of force help me get node ids. But I can't get table {Id, X, Y, Z, Results} from XY Plots (Copy Data to Clipboard) because program sorts the data and I cannot find a match. What about your alternative I didn't find this data in .out file, but I think program sorts its too.

I think this is a big minus of Inventor Nastran - poor Post Processing.. I will write about this in ideas a little later.

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[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

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@viktor_velichko wrote:

Thank you, Michael! ...

The last post was not from me but from @John_Holtz. All the credit is due to him.