Contents

• Contents
• List of Tables
• Introduction
  • Overview
  • Running the Interface
  • Program Control
• Program Capabilities
  • Byte Swapped Result files
  • Element Topology
    • Elements Processed
    • Generation of Element Group Numbers
  • Local Coordinate Systems
  • Materials
  • Results Processed
    • Element-wise Results
    • Element-wise Multi-Surface Results
    • Node-wise Results
  • Loadcases and Steps
    • Time Increments
  • Analysis Types Processed
  • Optimizing the Program's Performance
• ANSYS Elements Processed
• ANSYS Element-wise Results Processed
• Node-wise Results Processed
• Example Program Execution
  • Overview
  • Dialogue Control
  • Sample File postansys.mes from an interactive run
  • Sample File postansys.com/postansys.str
• Results Limitations