Abaqus 6.4: Trying to write .odb/.fil files out of a text file.

[Sebbyoguard]

Hi evrybody!
I have a problem: I run a caculus under abaqus and after that i have a matlab program that builds a text file with new results for each nodes. The operations are quite complicated and depend on each node temperature and characteristics. That is to say I cannot use Abaqus Viewer to create my new field output. But i would like to be able to map my results on the model. What I am looking for is a program that transforms a text file (with nodes number and acssociated results) to an .odb or a .fil that I could read with Abaqus Viewer or Patran...
Thanks a lot!

 

[xerf]

Abaqus has what is called "Abaqus Scripting Interface" , in fact is the Python intrepretor plus additional packages which which actually provide the interface.
Besides other nice features, the scripting interface (Python)let you write/read the .odb file which can be further open in Abaqus Viewer.
The .odb file can also be accessed by using the C++ interface package provided with Abaqus.
For proggramming details and tutorials see:
-ABAQUS Scripting User's Manual->Part IV: Accessing an output database
"The ABAQUS Scripting Interface commands that read and write data from an output database are described in Chapter 27, “Odb commands,” of the ABAQUS Scripting Reference Manual.

The C++ commands that read and write data from an output database are described in Chapter 46, “C++ Odb commands,” of the ABAQUS Scripting Reference Manual."