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Basic DPF-Core Usage with PyMAPDL#
This example is adapted from Basic DPF-Core Usage Example and it shows how to open a result file in DPF and do some basic postprocessing.
If you have Ansys 2021 R1 installed, starting DPF is quite easy as DPF-Core takes care of launching all the services that are required for postprocessing Ansys files.
First, import the DPF-Core module as dpf_core and import the
included examples file.
import tempfile
from ansys.dpf import core as dpf
from ansys.mapdl.core import launch_mapdl
from ansys.mapdl.core.examples import vmfiles
Create model#
Running an example from the MAPDL verification manual
mapdl = launch_mapdl()
vm5 = vmfiles["vm5"]
output = mapdl.input(vm5)
print(output)
# If you are working locally, you don't need to perform the following steps
temp_directory = tempfile.gettempdir()
# Downloading RST file to the current folder
rst_path = mapdl.download_result(temp_directory)
/INPUT FILE= LINE= 0
ANSYS MEDIA REL. 2023R2 (05/12/2023) REF. VERIF. MANUAL: REL. 2023R2
*** VERIFICATION RUN - CASE VM5 *** OPTION= 4
/SHOW SWITCH PLOTS TO JPEG - RASTER MODE.
*****MAPDL VERIFICATION RUN ONLY*****
DO NOT USE RESULTS FOR PRODUCTION
***** MAPDL ANALYSIS DEFINITION (PREP7) *****
TITLE=
VM5, LATERALLY LOADED TAPERED SUPPORT STRUCTURE (QUAD. ELEMENTS)
C*** MECHANICS OF SOLIDS, CRANDALL AND DAHL, 1959, PAGE 342, PROB. 7.18
C*** USING PLANE42 ELEMENTS
PERFORM A STATIC ANALYSIS
THIS WILL BE A NEW ANALYSIS
ELEMENT TYPE 1 IS PLANE182 2-D 4-NODE PLANE STRS SOLID
KEYOPT( 1- 6)= 2 0 3 0 0 0
KEYOPT( 7-12)= 0 0 0 0 0 0
KEYOPT(13-18)= 0 0 0 0 0 0
CURRENT NODAL DOF SET IS UX UY
TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODEL
REAL CONSTANT SET 1 ITEMS 1 TO 6
2.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
MATERIAL 1 EX = 0.3000000E+08
MATERIAL 1 NUXY = 0.000000
NODE 1 KCS= 0 X,Y,Z= 25.000 0.0000 0.0000
NODE 7 KCS= 0 X,Y,Z= 75.000 0.0000 0.0000
FILL 5 POINTS BETWEEN NODE 1 AND NODE 7
START WITH NODE 2 AND INCREMENT BY 1
NODE 8 KCS= 0 X,Y,Z= 25.000 -3.0000 0.0000
NODE 14 KCS= 0 X,Y,Z= 75.000 -9.0000 0.0000
FILL 5 POINTS BETWEEN NODE 8 AND NODE 14
START WITH NODE 9 AND INCREMENT BY 1
ELEMENT 1 2 1 8 9
GENERATE 6 TOTAL SETS OF ELEMENTS WITH NODE INCREMENT OF 1
SET IS SELECTED ELEMENTS IN RANGE 1 TO 1 IN STEPS OF 1
MAXIMUM ELEMENT NUMBER= 6
SELECT FOR ITEM=LOC COMPONENT=X BETWEEN 75.000 AND 75.000
KABS= 0. TOLERANCE= 0.375000
2 NODES (OF 14 DEFINED) SELECTED BY NSEL COMMAND.
SPECIFIED CONSTRAINT UX FOR SELECTED NODES 1 TO 14 BY 1
REAL= 0.00000000 IMAG= 0.00000000
ADDITIONAL DOFS= UY
ALL SELECT FOR ITEM=NODE COMPONENT=
IN RANGE 1 TO 14 STEP 1
14 NODES (OF 14 DEFINED) SELECTED BY NSEL COMMAND.
SPECIFIED NODAL LOAD FY FOR SELECTED NODES 1 TO 1 BY 1
REAL= -4000.00000 IMAG= 0.00000000
***** ROUTINE COMPLETED ***** CP = 0.000
***** MAPDL SOLUTION ROUTINE *****
PRINT BASI ITEMS WITH A FREQUENCY OF 1
FOR ALL APPLICABLE ENTITIES
/OUTPUT FILE=
Next, open the generated RST file and print out the
Model object.
The Model class helps to
organize access methods for the result by
keeping track of the operators and data sources used by the result
file.
Printing the model displays:
Analysis type
Available results
Size of the mesh
Number of results
If you are working with a remote server, you might need to upload the RST
file before working with it.
Then you can create the DPF Model.
dpf.core.make_tmp_dir_server(dpf.SERVER)
if dpf.SERVER.local_server:
model = dpf.Model(rst_path)
else:
server_file_path = dpf.upload_file_in_tmp_folder(rst_path)
model = dpf.Model(server_file_path)
print(model)
DPF Model
------------------------------
Static analysis
Unit system: SI: m, kg, s, V, A, K
Physics Type: Mecanic
Available results:
- displacement: Nodal Displacement
- reaction_force: Nodal Force
- element_nodal_forces: ElementalNodal Element nodal Forces
- stress: ElementalNodal Stress
- elemental_volume: Elemental Volume
- stiffness_matrix_energy: Elemental Energy-stiffness matrix
- artificial_hourglass_energy: Elemental Hourglass Energy
- thermal_dissipation_energy: Elemental thermal dissipation energy
- kinetic_energy: Elemental Kinetic Energy
- co_energy: Elemental co-energy
- incremental_energy: Elemental incremental energy
- elastic_strain: ElementalNodal Strain
- thermal_strain: ElementalNodal Thermal Strains
- thermal_strains_eqv: ElementalNodal Thermal Strains eqv
- swelling_strains: ElementalNodal Swelling Strains
- structural_temperature: ElementalNodal Temperature
------------------------------
DPF Meshed Region:
33 nodes
6 elements
Unit:
With shell (2D) elements, shell (3D) elements
------------------------------
DPF Time/Freq Support:
Number of sets: 1
Cumulative Time (s) LoadStep Substep
1 1.000000 1 1
Model Metadata#
Specific metadata can be extracted from the model by referencing the
model’s metadata
property. For example, to print only the
result_info:
metadata = model.metadata
print(metadata.result_info)
Static analysis
Unit system: SI: m, kg, s, V, A, K
Physics Type: Mecanic
Available results:
- displacement: Nodal Displacement
- reaction_force: Nodal Force
- element_nodal_forces: ElementalNodal Element nodal Forces
- stress: ElementalNodal Stress
- elemental_volume: Elemental Volume
- stiffness_matrix_energy: Elemental Energy-stiffness matrix
- artificial_hourglass_energy: Elemental Hourglass Energy
- thermal_dissipation_energy: Elemental thermal dissipation energy
- kinetic_energy: Elemental Kinetic Energy
- co_energy: Elemental co-energy
- incremental_energy: Elemental incremental energy
- elastic_strain: ElementalNodal Strain
- thermal_strain: ElementalNodal Thermal Strains
- thermal_strains_eqv: ElementalNodal Thermal Strains eqv
- swelling_strains: ElementalNodal Swelling Strains
- structural_temperature: ElementalNodal Temperature
To print the mesh region:
print(metadata.meshed_region)
DPF Meshed Region:
33 nodes
6 elements
Unit:
With shell (2D) elements, shell (3D) elements
To print the time or frequency of the results use
time_freq_support:
print(metadata.time_freq_support)
DPF Time/Freq Support:
Number of sets: 1
Cumulative Time (s) LoadStep Substep
1 1.000000 1 1
Extracting Displacement Results#
All results of the model can be accessed through the Results
property, which returns the ansys.dpf.core.results.Results
class. This class contains the DPF result operators available to a
specific result file, which are listed when printing the object with
print(results).
Here, the displacement
operator is connected with
DataSources, which
takes place automatically when running
results.displacement().
By default, the displacement
operator is connected to the first result set,
which for this static result is the only result.
results = model.results
displacements = results.displacement()
fields = displacements.outputs.fields_container()
# Finally, extract the data of the displacement field:
disp = fields[0].data
disp
DPFArray([[-4.38851905e-03, -8.90023185e-03, 0.00000000e+00],
[-6.69683824e-03, -2.11175625e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[ 4.17859820e-03, -2.11057663e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[ 3.30502628e-03, -8.89049154e-03, 0.00000000e+00],
[-5.53644478e-03, -1.42612890e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[-1.20792265e-03, -2.11145211e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[ 3.82436228e-03, -1.42559816e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[-4.90502176e-04, -8.89780417e-03, 0.00000000e+00],
[-2.17801557e-03, -2.15151386e-03, 0.00000000e+00],
[ 1.82830253e-03, -2.15124124e-03, 0.00000000e+00],
[-3.27160527e-03, -4.90756375e-03, 0.00000000e+00],
[ 2.63019818e-03, -4.89004246e-03, 0.00000000e+00],
[-8.95838911e-05, -2.15503538e-03, 0.00000000e+00],
[ 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00],
[ 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00],
[-1.07316284e-03, -5.41584305e-04, 0.00000000e+00],
[ 9.59021573e-04, -5.64429271e-04, 0.00000000e+00],
[ 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00, 0.00000000e+00],
[-1.10106159e-02, -6.60224200e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[-1.20838957e-02, -9.90994350e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[ 3.61860276e-04, -9.88721453e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[ 3.23207196e-03, -6.59380057e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[-1.17563515e-02, -8.18061655e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[-5.82220244e-03, -9.89754713e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[ 2.08036965e-03, -8.18682795e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[-3.87518431e-03, -6.59854725e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[-8.99066833e-03, -3.98506343e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[ 4.27062988e-03, -3.98210573e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[-1.00608366e-02, -5.19510806e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[ 3.92601832e-03, -5.19563394e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[-2.31550786e-03, -3.98370089e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[-7.85485340e-03, -2.95981071e-02, 0.00000000e+00],
[ 4.34038437e-03, -2.95942670e-02, 0.00000000e+00]])
Plot displacements#
You can plot the previous displacement field using:
model.metadata.meshed_region.plot(fields, cpos="xy")
Or using
fields[0].plot(cpos="xy")
This way is particularly useful if you have used ansys.dpf.core.scoping.Scoping
on the mesh or results.
Close session#
Stop MAPDL session.
mapdl.exit()
Total running time of the script: (0 minutes 1.773 seconds)