Insert normal stress, get maximum and find which nodes have the max stress value

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

How can we insert a normal stress result, get the maximum value and find which nodes have the max stress value?

Pernelle Marone-Hitz

One can make use of the PlotData property from the result plot to loop through the data table and find the nodes that have the maximum stress value. Below is a script example:

# Create Normal Stress Plot
model = ExtAPI.DataModel.Project.Model
solution = model.Analyses[0].Solution
new_stress = solution.AddNormalStress()
new_stress.EvaluateAllResults()
max_stress = new_stress.Maximum

# Extract data from plot
plot_data = new_stress.PlotData
nodes = plot_data ['Node']
result_value = plot_data ['Values']

# Handle unit conversion
import units
currentLengthUnit=ExtAPI.DataModel.CurrentUnitFromQuantityName('Stress')
scale_factor=units.ConvertUnit(1.,currentLengthUnit,result_value.Unit)

for index in range(len(nodes)):
    if result_value[index] == max_stress.Value*scale_factor:
        print(nodes[index])