How to plot 6DOF motion history?

- August 4, 2021 at 2:50 pm
  
  h_pigg
  Subscriber
  
  I ran a transient simulation using the 6DOF solver for dynamic mesh and saved my motion history file (.6dof). When I open the file in notepad it is just a large wall of numbers. I was wondering if there was a way for me to extract a specific column of data from this file such as theta in the Z direction so that I could plot this motion. Thank you in advance for any suggestions!
- August 5, 2021 at 2:58 pm
  
  RK
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hello,
  Once you open in notepad and see the numbers, you can save as .csv and then open in excel to access a particular column.
- May 1, 2022 at 5:53 pm
  
  chehade
  Subscriber
  
  Hello, is there a way i can animate the motion history file in case i forgot to save the calculation acitvities?

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