Extrusion 1D and Extrusion 2D
Use an Extrusion 1D () data set or an Extrusion 2D () data set to extrude data in postprocessing from 1D to 2D and from 2D to 3D, respectively. Using these data sets, you can solve a problem more efficiently in a lower dimension and then extrude it for postprocessing, if the geometry is such that a linear extrusion is suitable.
Go to Common Results Node Settings for links to information about the Data section. The data set can be any data set with an output dimension equal to the extrusion data set’s dimension
Extrusion
Use the y minimum and y maximum (for Extrusion 1D nodes) or z minimum and z maximum (for Extrusion 2D nodes) fields to define the range of the extrusion.
The value in the Resolution field is the number of layers added. The default is 10 layers; you must use at least 2.
You define the name of the variable in the extrusion direction in the y variable (for Extrusion 1D nodes) or z variable (for Extrusion 2D nodes) field. For the extrusion data sets, you can use the extrusion variable in the expressions that are being evaluated.
For an Extrusion 2D example, and if you have the Structural Mechanics Module and the Wave Optics Module, see Stress-Optical Effects with Generalized Plane Strain: Application Library path Structural_Mechanics_Module/Stress_Optical_Effects/stress_optical_generalized.