The solution of an analysis containing a Condensed Part immediately produces the results at the Condensed Part interface, that is, at the master nodes. In order to obtain results on the original bodies in the Condensed Part an optional calculation called an "Expansion Pass" is necessary. Mechanical furnishes an Expansion Settings object for this purpose.
Important: To perform an Expansion Pass, you must set the Keep Files For property to for the Condensed Part object.
When you expand results on selected Condensed Parts in the Expansion Settings Worksheet, the application uses the settings of the Distribute Solution and the Max number of utilized cores options defined in the Advanced Settings of the Solve Process Settings dialog.
Note:
You cannot currently run expansions for Random Vibration and Response Spectrum analyses.
For a Rigid Dynamics analysis, additional results can be produced by the Generation Pass to allow a faster expansion. To enable this faster expansion, set the Condensed Part Expansion field in the Details pane of the Expansion Settings object to On Demand. Then insert Stress or Displacement results under the Solution object and evaluate them.
Using the Worksheet on the Expansion Settings object you can request that results be expanded within each Condensed Part separately and incrementally. Keep in mind that any unexpanded Condensed Parts will not display in results or animations. Once an expansion is requested, it will be automatically performed upon evaluating an affected result. It is possible to run expansions by themselves, which will obsolete any affected results. It is possible to run expansions separately using Run Expansions Only, and to clean their generated data, both of which will obsolete any affected results.
Note: Do not use the Worksheet if you set the Condensed Part Expansion field in the details panel of the Expansion Settings object to in a Rigid Dynamics analysis. Making any selections in the Worksheet will cancel the on demand expansion.
The Expansion Settings object is automatically inserted when the Condensed Geometry object is inserted into the Outline.
Note:
Unless you do an expansion, you may not detect the minimum or maximum results since they may reside within the condensed part. Review results carefully.
Commands object Snippets targeting the Mechanical APDL solver are not supported.
Velocity and Acceleration results are not presently supported for flexible bodies.
Motion analyses do not require an Expansion Pass, therefore Expansion Settings are not created for a Motion system.