How to create a material id contour plot in APDL?

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This is a 3 step process
1. Create an array of MATIDS and ELEMENTIDS using *VGET
2. Use DESOL command to overwrite an elemental result
3. Use PLESOL to plot them back

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    edited April 8 
    !STEP 1
/PREP7
*VGET, MATIDS, ELEM, , ATTR, MAT
*VGET, elemlist, ELEM, , elist

!STEP2
/POST1
*GET, ELEM_MAX, ELEM, 0, NUM, MAX
*DO,E_count,1,ELEM_MAX
    DESOL,elemlist(E_count),ALL,S,X,MATIDS(E_count)
*ENDDO

!STEP 3
plesol,S,X

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