How to redefine front/back view based on user-defined coordinate system in odb files?

[Bruno V]

Dear happy users of Abaqus,

I have defined a relatively complex geometry and I am trying to export the values of a limited selection of elements.
To select the relevant elements when visualizing the results contained in an odb file, I would need to be able to redefine the Front/Back and Top views based on the user-defined coordinate system of my choice.

Is there a way to do that?

Thanking you in advance.

Regards,

 

[FEA way]

You can use the View —> Save option for this purpose.

 

[Bruno V]

Thanks. But it can be tedious to define the desired view accurately.
I wish to use the user-defined CS.

Can you think of another way?

 

[FEA way]

This option only saves the current view for later use. How you obtain the view is another thing. There are several options available for that (View —> Specify) but they don’t operate on user-defined coordinate systems. For that, you would need some Python script.