Extracting Nodal coordinates of deformed shape

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi all,

 

I have a deformed surface (a mode shape) obtained by Normal modes analysis. I want to extract the coordinates of all the nodes that lie along a line on the surface of this deformed shape.  

In HyperView , I have used the section view (at y=273 mm, see below)  to see the cross section. By using right click --> quick query and clicking on the nodes, I can see the coordinates of each node (as shown in the figure that I attached below) along the line on this deformed shape. 

Is there a way to get a list of the coordinates of all the nodes along this line? My aim is to plot this shape later to compare with another result using MATLAB.

 

regards,

Vachan

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>Nodal Coordinates.jpg

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited July 2018

    Hi,

     

    You can use the Advanced query to extract node IDs and coordinates and export the same to Excel formats. 

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>nodecoor.PNG

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited July 2018

     Thank you!  That was so easy!

    Really helpful!

     

     

    regards,

    Vachan

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