14.5. Isosurface Techniques

Isosurface displays are surfaces of constant values (for example, stress). To obtain an isosurface display of von Mises stress, perform these steps:

  1. Issue the command /CTYPE,1 (Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Style> Contours> Contour Style).

  2. Issue the command PLNSOL,S,EQV (Main Menu> General Postproc> Plot Results> Contour Plot> Nodal Solu).

You can animate isosurfaces. To do so, either invoke the ANISOS macro (Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Animate> Isosurfaces).