Alternatives to Abaqus to open inp and odb archives

[3JC]

Dear collages,

I want to know about any free alternative to open inp and odb archives developed by Abaqus. I've got a client who want to visualizate the models that I perform.

Thank you very much. Regards,

3JC

 

[Dave442]

.inp files can be opened with any text editor.

I don't think its possible to open/view .odb files in any free software. Maybe try ParaView and hope somebody else has written a translator?

Send your client a report with the images they desire. Or if they just want to view the deformed geometry, export an .STL

 

[3JC]

Dear friend,

Thank you very much for your response. What I know is that Hypermesh can generate and open different formats of FEA sotwares. Is there any free alternative with similar characteristics, for ABAQUS mainly? Thank you very much.

Regards,

3JC

 

[Dave442]

You just asked the same question again. I did some googling and found this:

https://www.ensight.com/ensight-free/

It says it supports abaqus file import and there is a free version that allows you to loads models with up to 2 million 3D cells.

Give that a go.

 

[IceBreakerSours]

I wonder if CalculiX has a pre/post-processor that lets you visualize an Abaqus ODB. An INP is just an ASCII file; any text editor will open it; I prefer gVim. Also, LS-Pre/Post can import (at least, to some degree) an Abaqus input deck; it is a free pre/post-processor.

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