18.  Animate the results

[Note for UNIX systems only:  To capture the animation sequence in terminal segment memory, it is necessary to reduce the size of the Graphics Window or you will run out of terminal memory.  Although this depends on your particular system, and the size of the animation file to be created, for this exercise it is suggested that the ratio of the original window size to the reduced window size should be about 2:1.]

1. Utility Menu:  Plot Ctrls
        Animate
             Over Time
2. Enter 30 for the number of frames to be created  -»
3. Turn off Auto Contour Scaling  -»
4. OK  -»

For Windows NT systems only:  the Media Player appears.  Make sure the Auto Repeat option is selected before viewing the animation.

For UNIX systems only:  make choices in the ANSYS Animation Controller before viewing the animation.

During the animation, notice the three separate colors - red for temperatures greater than 2760 ^oF (molten steel), green for temperatures between 2630 ^oF and 2760 ^oF (the "mushy" phase change region), and blue for temperatures below 2630 ^oF (the solidified steel and the sand mold).  As you would expect, the last region to solidify is the material at the center of the casting.  (Remember that a symmetry model was used.)

To visualize the temperature distribution throughout the model over the 3 hour span, animate the temperature distribution with the default contour settings.  To change the contour settings back to their default value, simply type /CVAL in the ANSYS Input Window.  Note that /CVAL is the command you used earlier to set non_uniform contours.  The same outcome can be achieved by going back to the Non_Uniform Contours window and setting all the values to zero.

5. Type "/CVAL" and press the Enter/Return key  -»
6. Utility Menu:  Plot Ctrls
        Animate
             Over Time
7. OK  -»