The module defines the “extract” function that is used to extract values on selections of elements and nodes explicitly defined in the post-processing worksheet. This function is matricial as the different functions defined in “ExtractionCriteria” VBA module. The arguments of this function are:
The number of lines or the matrix returned by the function matches the number of lines of this selection.
The use of this function is illustrated in “post_extract” worksheet. So far the example worksheet only performs extraction operations without using the extracted values in post-processing.
The actual exploitation of extracted Results could be done directly by calculations in the excel worksheet. ‘ResultsExtraction” VBA module corresponds to a type of operation that is very often done in aeronautics. For example, when wings or fuselages are stressed, one often works with finite element models characterized by a structured numbering of elements and nodes that allow to easily extract shell forces or stresses for panels, beam forces for elements representing stringers or frames... This allows to estimate loads on rows of connections, assess the risk for a panel to buckle...