Extraction of Node Stresses During Post-Processing
Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2026 4:06 pm
Dear STKO team,
I have a question and would appreciate your help. As far as I can tell, the current STKO calculation results only display stress values at Gauss points. I would like to further extract the stress calculation results at nodes. To that end, I’ve been learning how to use the Python API through webinars and the Python package for STKO v.2.0. I’ve now written some preliminary code to process the MPCO calculation results, as shown below:
However, I’ve encountered an issue and am unable to determine the exact cause. When using STKO version 3.2.0, this code successfully retrieved the node stress results. However, when using a newer version of STKO, while the stress contour plot displays correctly, as shown in Figure 1, the “chart data” section remains empty, and the following error message appears:
Could you please offer some advice? Is this code capable of effectively extracting node stress results, or how should I modify it to make it compatible with newer versions of STKO?
I hope I’ve explained my question clearly and look forward to your response.
figure1:
Best regards
I have a question and would appreciate your help. As far as I can tell, the current STKO calculation results only display stress values at Gauss points. I would like to further extract the stress calculation results at nodes. To that end, I’ve been learning how to use the Python API through webinars and the Python package for STKO v.2.0. I’ve now written some preliminary code to process the MPCO calculation results, as shown below:
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from PyMpc import *
from PyMpc import MpcOdbVirtualResult as vr
App.clearTerminal()
doc = App.postDocument()
db = doc.getDatabase(1)
stress = db.getElementalResult('stress', match = MpcOdb.Contains)
s22_gauss = vr.comp(stress, 1)
db.removeNodalResult('Sigma 22')
s22 = vr.toNode(s22_gauss)
s22.setDisplayName('Sigma 22')
s22.setComponentLabels(['Sigma 22'])
db.addVirtualResult(s22)
s22 = db.getNodalResult('Sigma 22')
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Error: (MpcOdbReaderMakeScalarFieldHistory) Could not find the following nodes in the field data:
5331,
Abort Command: ExtractChartData
I hope I’ve explained my question clearly and look forward to your response.
figure1:
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