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!OUTPUT_VIS

Specifies the physical quantities for visualization data output by the in-memory visualizer.

!WRITE, VISUAL must be specified.

Parameters

None

** 2nd and subsequent lines **

(2nd and subsequent lines) Variable name, ON/OFF

The following variable names can be specified.

Variable name Physical quantity
DISP Displacement (default output)
ROT Rotation (valid only for 761 and 781 shell elements)
REACTION Nodal reaction force
NSTRAIN Nodal strain
NSTRESS Nodal stress (default output)
NMISES Nodal Mises stress (default output)
TH_NSTRAIN Nodal thermal strain (not implemented)
VEL Velocity
ACC Acceleration
TEMP Temperature
PRINC_NSTRESS Nodal principal stress (scalar value)
PRINCV_NSTRESS Nodal principal stress (vector value)
PRINC_NSTRAIN Nodal principal strain (scalar value)
PRINCV_NSTRAIN Nodal principal strain (vector value)
SHELL_LAYER Output for each layer of a laminated shell element
SHELL_SURFACE Output of shell-element surface information
CONTACT_NFORCE Contact normal force (vector value)
CONTACT_FRICTION Contact friction force (vector value)
CONTACT_RELVEL Contact relative sliding velocity (vector value) *slave nodes only
CONTACT_STATE Contact state (scalar value) *slave nodes only. -1: separated, 0: undefined, 1: contact (stick), 2: contact (slip)
CONTACT_NTRACTION Contact normal force per unit area (vector value)
CONTACT_FTRACTION Contact friction force per unit area (vector value)
BEAM_NQM Axial force, shear force, and bending moment of beam elements

Example

!OUTPUT_VIS
  NSTRAIN, ON
  NSTRESS, OFF