Creating custom field putput

[ExeterUndergrad]

Hello

I would like to create a field output that will display:

The UU3 for a set or path for step 0,5,10,15,20 as a list of numbers that I can just copy into Excel rather than having to obtain each value individually so I can plot UU3 against step.

The Sum of RF RF3 for all the node in a set for each step to give data that can be used to plot RF3 against step

Alternatively: is there a way of plotting RF3 against U3 (i.e. displacement against load) for a path to show the displacment of the model as it is loaded? At the moment I am manually extracting this data for every step and it's rather laborious!

Thanks in advance

Tom

 

[ExeterUndergrad]

Output, not putput. Sorry!

 

[bassmanjax]

Hi

You could accomplish most of those tasks with a fairly simple Python script. I'm no scripting guru, but one trick that I use is to 'tail' the abaqus.rpy file while I am running Viewer. That way, when you click on menus and icons in Viewer, you can see the Python command in the abaqus.rpy file.

If you are running on a *nix OS, tail can be run from the shell. Windows doesn't possess a tail command, so you'll have to trawl the net for one - Google 'tail' and 'windows'.

Also, there is loads of documentation with ABAQUS for Python. Its also worth looking up some Python fundamentals aswell if you are keen on getting into the scripting interface.

Regards

Martin

 

[Yoman228]

Do a record macro, and create a python script from there