Browse result metadata#
In addition to the Simulation
object being the entry point for browsing the contents of a result file, it provides
important metadata, such as the analysis type and the available results.
Here is how you browse result metadata:
Instantiate the simulation object
>>> from ansys.dpf import post
>>> from ansys.dpf.post import examples
>>> simulation = post.load_simulation(examples.multishells_rst)
Browse result metadata
>>> print(simulation)
Static Mechanical Simulation.
Data Sources
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DPF DataSources:
Result files:
result key: rst and path: d:\ansysdev\sandbox\pydpf-core\src\ansys\dpf\core\examples\model_with_ns.rst
Secondary files:
DPF Model
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Static analysis
Unit system: MKS: m, kg, N, s, V, A, degC
Physics Type: Mechanical
Available results:
- displacement: Nodal Displacement
- reaction_force: Nodal Force
- 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
- structural_temperature: ElementalNodal Temperature
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DPF Meshed Region:
7079 nodes
4220 elements
Unit: m
With solid (3D) elements, shell (2D) elements, shell (3D) elements
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DPF Time/Freq Support:
Number of sets: 1
Cumulative Time (s) LoadStep Substep
1 1.000000 1 1
PyDPF-Post supports four different analysis types for mechanical results:
Static analysis
Modal analysis
Harmonic analysis
Transient analysis
The legacy Solution object also supports thermal and electrical results.
Mesh#
From the Simulation object, you can also access the mesh:
Instantiate the simulation object
>>> from ansys.dpf import post
>>> from ansys.dpf.post import examples
>>> simulation = post.load_simulation(examples.multishells_rst)
Access the mesh
>>> mesh = simulation.mesh
>>> print(mesh)
DPF Mesh:
7079 nodes
4220 elements
Unit: m
With solid (3D) elements, shell (2D) elements, shell (3D) elements