Tutorial 11 Plot a force vs. displacement curve

Tutorial 11: Plot a force vs. displacement curve
Case description:
Curve topics covered:
Create from ASCII Data, Filter, Invert, Cross-plot, Save as Text, Save as Image
Files required:
nodout.zip,rcforc.zip
Step 1: Plot Force vs. Time curve
1.FEM→Post→ASCII
2.select "rcforc" from the upper list
3.click File
4.open rcforc
5.select "Sl-1" from the middle list
6.select "Z-force" from the lower list
7.click Plot
Step 2: Filter Force vs. Time curve
1.right-click Port1 in XY-plot Page Manager
2.click control
3.click icon of Set Curve filtering
4.select Filter: sae
5.select Time: sec
6.click Apply
Step 3: Save Force vs. Time curve
1.click "write XY-plot data to a file" icon
2.enter Output Type:Curve file
3.click Browse to specify a file folder for output files
4.enter Filename: FvsT.crv
5.click save
Step 4: Plot Displacement vs. Time curve
1.FEM→Post→ASCII
2.select "nodout" from the upper list
3.click File
4.open nodout
5.select "1000" from the middle list
6.select "Z-displacement" from the lower list
7.click Plot
1.right-click Port2 in XY-plot Page Manager
2.click control
3.click icon of process XY-plot data
4.select inverty
5.click Apply
1.click "write XY-plot data to a file" icon
2.enter Output Type:Curve file
3.click Browse to specify a file folder for output files
4.enter Filename: DvsT.crv
5.click save
Step 7: Define X-Axis for cross plot
1.FEM→Post→XY plot
2.click "Add"button to load the Fvst.crv file and DvsT.crv file
3.select :DvsT.crv
4.select Cross
5.select "DvsT.crv:iny-1000(np=121)" in the bottom panel list
6.note: at this point selection automatically changes from X-Axis to Y-Axis
Step 8:Define Y-Axis for cross plot
1.select "FvsT.crv" in the side panel list
2.select "FvsT.crv:Sl 1(np=121)" in the bottom panel list
3.activate :Main
4.click :new
Step 9: Modify chart titles
1.click "Set and change titles/axis labels
2.enter Plot Title: Force vs. Displacement
3.enter Legend Title: Curves
4.enter X-Axis Label: Displacement, mm
5.enter Y-Axis Label: Force, N
6.click Apply
Step 10: Save Force vs. Displacement curve as an image
1.click "Open print dialog" icon
2.click Browse to specify a file folder for output files
3.enter Name :FvsD
4.select Extension :PNG
5.click :Print。