Plot Nodal stress Error

[sulei27]

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• I have searched among the existing issues
• I am using a Python virtual environment

🐞 Description of the bug

mapdl.post_processing.nodal_eqv_stress()

📝 Steps to reproduce

When I am trying to plot Nodal Stress using the commands: "result.plot_nodal_stress(0)" or "mapdl.post_processing.nodal_eqv_stress()"
it gives me the following Error.!

ERROR: CRITICAL - - logging - handle_exception - Uncaught exception
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\dell\PycharmProjects\pythonProject15\gf.py", line 178, in
result.plot_nodal_stress(0, comp='x')
File "E:\python3.10\lib\site-packages\ansys\mapdl\reader\rst.py", line 3433, in plot_nodal_stress
return self._plot_nodal_result(
File "E:\python3.10\lib\site-packages\ansys\mapdl\reader\rst.py", line 4894, in _plot_nodal_result
_, result = self._nodal_result(rnum, result_type)
File "E:\python3.10\lib\site-packages\ansys\mapdl\reader\rst.py", line 3707, in _nodal_result
raise ValueError(
ValueError: Result Nodal stresses (ENS) is not available in this result file.

Process finished with exit code 1

💻 Which operating system are you using?

Windows

📀 Which ANSYS version are you using?

2021 R2

🐍 Which Python version are you using?

3.10

📦 Installed packages

Pyansys


IDE : Pycharm

[mikerife]

Hi @sulei27 It looks like there are no element nodal stresses in the result file to plot. To double check print the result object:

print(result)

Which will produce a listing like shown here:

https://reader.docs.pyansys.com/user_guide/loading_results.html#result-properties

ENS should not show up (i.e. not available)...can you confirm.

Mike