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Chris. Thanks for your help. I have found a simpler method of calculating the total area of the face in CATIA then dividing it by the number of elements. There is a slight discrepancy but it is only by around 0.064 for each element face, which I use for discussion.

Yes that's correct Chris. I am not very good at python script at all but do have a friends script that will extract all element nodes on a face and groups them accordingly. Then I have a script that can take the co-ordinates in an ABAQUS model and import them into a CATIA model.Then I can use...

Hello guys, Sorry I've taken so long to respond to this thread. What I'm exactly looking for is the area of an element on a face. So what I have is quadrilateral element shapes. Is there a way to measure the area of a quadrilateral on a face? Even if I was able get the correct distances from...

Hello mechfeeney, SENER is the correct output variable that I should be using, the only thing problem is that it is at the integration points and I wish it to be at the nodal points. I am not sure how I would get this to work? Perhaps when setting up the analysis? Creating another step file...

I have an analysed model in Abaqus. Is it possible to measure the area of each of the elements associated on the model?

Thanks alot mechfeeny, I really appreciate your help. So I did it both methods and got the following results for 16 different nodes: Node ID E S Strain Energy Density ESEDEN 1 4.24E-05 -17.9436 -3.81E-04 4.18E-03 2 3.91E-06 5.16E-01 1.01E-06...

Maybe I could pose another question to you mechfeeney? Do you know if this is the correct formula to find strain energy density? strain_energy_density = 0.5*von_mises*max_principal_strain Where: von mises has the field output "S" max principal strain has the field output "E"

Thanks a lot feeney!

I have just submitted a model for analysis and got the results odb. I was just wondering is it possible for the analysis to tell me the exact stress or strain of an exact node on a model?

Is it possible to find the strain energy density of each face, edge and vertex in an analysed model?

I have the .inp file from a typical analysed model in ABAQUS. Detailing the element and nodes associated with creating the element, as follows: *Element, type=C3D8I 1, 49, 42, 41, 66, 121, 114, 113, 138 2, 30, 29, 26, 25, 102, 101, 98, 97 3, 60, 48, 33, 32, 132, 120, 105...

I have a .inp file from ABAQUS that I want a script in CATIA to read. The problem is that it presents itself in a format which my macro cannot read. An example of this is: *Node 1, 0., 20., 0. 2, -100., 20., 0. 3...

Sorry I am incorrect, the computer wins

One more question. I'm not sure what the problem is here, but I don't think that the measure tool is calculating the correct area for me. It says 1200mm2 for both faces but 1 face is clearly larger than the other. "Face" contains the correct area of 1200mm2 I have included a screen...

You just beat me to it :). Thank you for your help Jack

Got it: Tools > Options > General > Parameters and Measure > Units Any magnitude here can now be altered to suit your specification

I am trying to work out the area of all the faces on a model. I see you can do this by measure inertia and measure item. The answer always appears in m^2 and rounds it off to 3 decimal points, is there a way to give the exact answer in mm^2 or give the exact answer in m^2?

I am trying to import a model from catia to abaqus using the associative interface. When I attempt the automatic method nothing appears in the abaqus viewport, when i try the manual method I get the error message: "file may be corrupt or not a valid" "no part and instance was created" I...

Hello, How do I go about manual creating a surface node set and a surface element set in the results output database of an anaylsed part?

Would you be able to tell me how I would go about creating this macro? How do I assign geometric sets to individual faces, edges, vertices?