Examples

These examples demonstrate the behavior and usage of DPF-Core.

Basic DPF examples

These examples explain the basic concepts of DPF.

Basic DPF-Core usage

Basic DPF-Core usage

Operators overview

Operators overview

Field and field containers overview

Field and field containers overview

Create your own entities using DPF operators

Create your own entities using DPF operators

Bring a field’s data locally to improve performance

Bring a field's data locally to improve performance

Use result helpers to load custom data

Use result helpers to load custom data

Scope results over custom time domains

Scope results over custom time domains

Scope results over custom space domains

Scope results over custom space domains

Mathematical Operations

Mathematical Operations

Get material properties from the result file

Get material properties from the result file

Transient analysis examples

These examples show how to use DPF to extract and plot displacements, stresses, and strains for a transient result.

Transient analysis result example

Transient analysis result example

Choose a time scoping for a transient analysis

Choose a time scoping for a transient analysis

Modal analysis examples

These examples show how to use DPF to extract and manipulate results from modal analyses.

Use Result Helpers to compare mode shapes for solids and then shells

Use Result Helpers to compare mode shapes for solids and then shells

Plot and animate mode shapes with DPF

Plot and animate mode shapes with DPF

Harmonic analysis examples

These examples show how to use DPF to extract and manipulate results from harmonic analyses.

Multi-harmonic response example

Multi-harmonic response example

Expand harmonic modal superposition with DPF

Expand harmonic modal superposition with DPF

Advanced and miscellaneous examples

These examples show advanced use cases to demonstrate the high level of workflow customization.

Multi-stage cyclic symmetry using advanced customization

Multi-stage cyclic symmetry using advanced customization

Solve harmonic problem (with damping) using matrix inverse

Solve harmonic problem (with damping) using matrix inverse

Average elemental stress on a given volume

Average elemental stress on a given volume

Exchange data between servers

Exchange data between servers

Extrapolation method for stress result of a 3D element

Extrapolation method for stress result of a 3D element

Extrapolation method for strain result of a 2D element

Extrapolation method for strain result of a 2D element

Stress gradient normal to a defined node

Stress gradient normal to a defined node

Load plugin

Load plugin

Pressure vessel analysis according to an ASME standard

Pressure vessel analysis according to an ASME standard

Calculate the number of cycles to fatigue failure

Calculate the number of cycles to fatigue failure

Read results from distributed files

Read results from distributed files

File manipulation and input-output examples

These examples show how to manipulate files, as well as importing or exporting from or to specific formats.

Working with a result file

Working with a result file

Plotting examples

These examples show how to use the ansys.dpf.core.plotter.DpfPlotter class.

Review of available plotting commands

Review of available plotting commands

Compare results using the plotter

Compare results using the plotter

Load case combination for principal stress

Load case combination for principal stress

Add nodal labels on plots

Add nodal labels on plots

Plot results on a specific path

Plot results on a specific path

Warp the mesh by a field for plotting

Warp the mesh by a field for plotting

Review of available animation commands

Review of available animation commands

Plot on geometry elements

Plot on geometry elements

Examples for postprocessing on distributed processes

These examples show how to create workflows on different processes (possibly on different machines) and connect them.

Postprocessing of displacement on distributed processes

Postprocessing of displacement on distributed processes

Create a custom workflow on distributed processes

Create a custom workflow on distributed processes

Distributed mode superposition (MSUP)

Distributed mode superposition (MSUP)

Distributed MSUP distributed modal response

Distributed MSUP distributed modal response

Examples of creating custom operator plugins

These examples show how to create a basic operator plugin or plug-in packages with multiple operators. Plugins wrap your custom operators so that you can use them like native DPF operators.

Create a basic operator plugin

Create a basic operator plugin

Create a plug-in package with multiple operators

Create a plug-in package with multiple operators

Averaging examples

These examples show how to use some of DPF’s averaging operators.

Averaging order

Averaging order

Mesh operations examples

These examples show how to manipulate meshes.

Create and display a mesh with polygon and polyhedron elements

Create and display a mesh with polygon and polyhedron elements

Extract the skin from a mesh

Extract the skin from a mesh

Convert nodal coordinates field to local coordinate system

Convert nodal coordinates field to local coordinate system

Cyclic symmetry examples

These examples show how to post-process cyclic symmetry models.

Expand mesh and results for modal cyclic symmetry

Expand mesh and results for modal cyclic symmetry

Get base and duplicate sectors (real and imaginary) results for modal cyclic symmetry

Get base and duplicate sectors (real and imaginary) results for modal cyclic symmetry

Multi-stage cyclic symmetry example

Multi-stage cyclic symmetry example

Fluids examples

These examples show how to post-process Fluid models.

Streamlines examples

These examples show how to compute and plot streamlines.