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Under the Contents tab, select

Release 1011.0 Documentation for ANSYS > Element Elements Reference > Element Library > LINK1

In the LINK1 help page, scroll down to Table 1.1: LINK1 Element Output Definitions. You'll see the item. This table lists all the output items you can get for the LINK1 element. Let's scour this table for the element output that corresponds to the force in a truss member. We see the following item in the table that looks like a promising candidate:

MFORX: Member force in the element coordinate system X direction

The figure at the top of the LINK1 help page shows that the x-direction in the element coordinate system is along the lineelement. So MFORX is basically the axial force in the element.

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