The course alone probably will not be enough for adequate use of the software. It may be enough to overwhelm you and it can serve as an OK starting point- but as Icebreaker mentioned, using the "Getting Started with Abaqus" manual is probably your best bet to really help you understand how to...
I am attempting to make a code which will automatically assign a part object variable, say myPart, to the part that is active in my Abauqs/CAE GUI.
Ex 1) ** Hard Coding
myPart= mdb.models['Model-1'].parts['Part-1']
Ex 2) ** User Inputs
modName = getinput ('Enter Model Name')...
I am attempting to generate an FRF in Abaqus to be able to compare to experimental data taken with an impact-hammer/accelerometer/FFT-analyzer.
I know I can use the "Natural Frequency Extraction" step to generate the eigenvalues/natural freq. and associated mode shapes. But that's not entirely...