How to export selected nodal results to a spreadsheet?

dculp

After I select certain nodes, I want to export particular results (e.g., Z displacements) to a spreadsheet. It seems that Mecway's Table allows entire surfaces to be selected but I only want the output from selected nodes.

I have included a model. The image shows a selected row of nodes (frequency mode 6).

Thanks,
Don C.

Sergio

You can define group of nodes (named selection) before solving, and then in the table result window select the results that you want only in your node group.

Regards

dculp

Sergio --

Thanks, this works. However, I'm having a problem with box selecting the nodes. First I go to XZ-front view, then box-select just the nodes at the upper left corner. This works fine if the mesh was generated without "Fit midside nodes to geometry." However, if I generate the mesh with "Fit midside nodes to geometry" then box-select yields only a single node. In this case I have tried mouse-dragging from right-to-left, left-to-right, top-to-bottom, and bottom-to-top --> always just one node is selected.

(I realize that "Fit midside nodes to geometry" isn't needed for this simple test model. However, I generally use this condition for more complex models.)

dculp

Also, Ctrl+mouse and Shift+mouse.

Sergio

Normally for selecting nodes, I hide the element faces, then with box selection the hided nodes (those aligned with one in front) are selected all at once.