Hello all, 

I modeled torque of a shaft in Abaqus 2022. The results should be linear but my contour plot shows the change to have only occurred through the first element of the shaft and not the entire shaft. The values of the output (UR, UR3) are correct, but the contour plot of the whole shaft should reflect the linear change seen in the legend but only distributes the color through the top node versus the entire shaft. 

I plotted the angle of twist along a path of nodes which confirms the increasing angle of twist is linear. Is there a way to get the contour plot to reflect this more accurately? i.e. the shaft should have the legend colors evenly distributed through the entire shaft, not just the top element. The attached picture shows the path of nodes which reflect the linear change occurring throughout the shaft with the contour plot showing distribution only through the first element.

Kind regards, 

RP

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