What is the difference between getting x-displacement from x,y,z = p.node_displacement(i) and x = p.node_scalar(i,j), where 'j' is the correct number for X Displacement? Are these defined as "displacement since the previous increment" or "total displacement since initial time"?
as my experience, they are total displacement. If you add these displacements to original coordinate, you will get the position of node at the current increment