How to create a material id contour plot in APDL?

Vishnu
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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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- !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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