EDHTIME, NSTEP, DT
Specifies the time-history output interval for an explicit dynamics
analysis.
NSTEPNumber of steps at which output is written to the time-history
file, Jobname.HIS, and the ASCII output files. Defaults
to 1000. The time increment between output is TIME / NSTEP,
where TIME is the analysis end-time specified on
the TIME command.
DTTime interval at which output is written to the time-history
file, Jobname.HIS, and the ASCII output files. If NSTEP is
input, DT is ignored.
EDHTIME controls the number of steps at which output
will be written to the time-history file, Jobname.HIS (see
the EDHIST command), and any ASCII files requested on the EDOUT command.
You can use NSTEP or DT to
specify the output interval. You should not specify both quantities; if both
are input, NSTEP will be used.
In an explicit dynamic small restart (EDSTART,2)
or full restart analysis (EDSTART,3), the EDHTIME setting
will default to the NSTEP or DT value
used in the original analysis. You can issue EDHTIME in
the restart to change this setting.
This command is also valid in PREP7.
Distributed ANSYS Restriction This command is not supported in Distributed ANSYS.