General guide lines for utilizing ANSYS Tutorial 8.0 with ANSYS 9.0

1. Replace LIST ALL DOF output requests with the following.

Main Menu > General Postproc > List Results > Nodal Solution > DOF Solution > Displacement vector sum > OK

For a specific displacement component use

Main Menu > General Postproc > List Results > Nodal Solu > DOF Solution > X-Component of displacement > OK

2. For link (truss) and beam LINE ELEMENTS, replace requests to LIST ELEMENT STRESSES with the following. (Lessons 1 and 5)

Main Menu > General Postproc > List Results > Element Solution > Circuit Results > Element Results > OK

3. Contour plot requests have a slightly different form in 9.0. Use the following form.

Main Menu > General Postproc > List Results > Nodal Solution > Stress > X-Component of stress > OK