pbc

Mapdl.pbc(item='', key='', min_='', max_='', abs_='', **kwargs)

Shows boundary condition (BC) symbols and values on displays.

APDL Command: /PBC

Parameters:

item

Label identifying the item:

U

Applied translational constraints (UX, UY, UZ).

ROT

Applied rotational constraints (ROTX, ROTY, ROTZ).

TEMP

Applied temperatures (TEMP, TBOT, TE2, TE3, …, TTOP).

PRES

Applied fluid pressures.

V

Applied flow velocities (VX, VY, VZ).

VOLT

Applied voltages.

MAG

Applied scalar magnetic potentials.

A

Applied vector magnetic potentials.

CONC

Concentration.

CHRG

Applied electric charge.

F or FORC

Applied structural forces (FX, FY, FZ).

M or MOME

Applied structural moments (MX, MY, MZ).

HEAT

Applied heat flows (HEAT, HBOT, HE2, HE3, …, HTOP).

FLOW

Applied fluid flow.

AMPS

Applied current flow.

FLUX

Applied magnetic flux.

CSG

Applied magnetic current segments.

RATE

Diffusion flow rate.

MAST

Master degrees of freedom.

CP

Coupled nodes.

CE

Nodes in constraint equations.

NFOR

POST1 nodal forces.

NMOM

POST1 nodal moments

RFOR

POST1 reaction forces.

RMOM

POST1 reaction moments (MX, MY, MZ).

PATH

Path geometry (undistorted) associated with the PATH command after a PDEF or PVECT command has been issued.

ACEL

Global acceleration (ACELX, ACELY, ACELZ vector).

OMEG

Global angular velocity (OMEGX, OMEGY, OMEGZ vector) and acceleration (DOMEGX, DOMEGY, DOMEGZ vector).

WELD

Applied spotwelds (ANSYS LS-DYNA).

ALL

Represents all appropriate labels.

key

Symbol key:

0

Do not show symbol.

1

Show symbol.

2

Plot value next to symbol.

min_

Minimum value in a range of values plotted on screen.

max_

Maximum value in a range of values plotted on screen.

abs_

Absolute number. If KEY = 2 and ABS = 0, a number falling between the MIN and MAX is displayed. If ABS is not specified, it defaults to 0. If KEY = 2 and ABS = 1, an absolute value falling between the MIN and MAX is displayed. ABS = 1 lets you eliminate the display of numbers whose absolute values are less than a desired tolerance. For example, if ABS = 1, MIN = 10 and MAX = 1e8, values such as .83646 and -5.59737 are not displayed.

Notes

The mapdl.pbc command adds degree of freedom constraint, force load, and other symbols to displays.

Symbols are applied to the selected nodes only. All arrow and arrowhead symbols are oriented in the nodal coordinate system and lie in two perpendicular planes. Force arrows are scaled proportional to their magnitude. (If KEY = 1, use /VSCALE to change arrow length.) For scalar quantities, the specific component direction (i.e., x, y, or z) of the symbol has no meaning, but the positive or negative sense (e.g., positive or negative x) represents a positive or negative scalar value, respectively.

The effects of the mapdl.pbc command are not cumulative (that is, the command does not modify an existing setting from a previously issued mapdl.pbc command). If you issue multiple mapdl.pbc commands during an analysis, only the setting specified by the most recent mapdl.pbc command applies.

Use mapdl.pstatus() or mapdl.pbc('STAT') to display settings. Use mapdl.pbc('DEFA') to reset all specifications back to default. See the mapdl.psf and mapdl.pbf commands for other display symbols.

In a cyclic symmetry analysis, the mapdl.pbc command is deactivated when cyclic expansion is active (/CYCEXPAND,,ON). To view boundary conditions on the basic sector, deactivate cyclic expansion (/CYCEXPAND,,OFF) and issue this command: mapdl.pbc('ALL', 1)

Issuing the command mapdl.pbc('PATH', 1) displays all defined paths.

The mapdl.pbc command is valid in any processor.

Examples

On all subsequent plots (after this command). Activate display of translational boundary condition symbols.

>>> mapdl.pbc('U', 1)

Display enforced nodal temperatures

>>> mapdl.pbc('TEMP', 1)