How to save the editorial work on the contour plot?

[zhankeliu]

I open an *.odb using ABAQUS/Viewer and do a series of editorial work so that the contour plot is displayed in the way I like. Now I want to save the edited contour plot so that I can open it next time and possibly put some more editorial work on it.

Does anyone know how I can save the edited contour layout?

Thanks in advance.

 

[corus]

Save the python script (in the .rpy file) for that session and re-run it next time you open Viewer.

corus

 

[zhankeliu]

Thanks Corus, but how can I save the python script? I went through all the scroll-downs and did not find any.

 

[corus]

The script is saved automatically. Look for the abaqus.rpy file in your directory. I think it saves the last 5 sessions before over writing them. The file without an index number will be the last session. Open it in Notepad or whatever, and you should be able to recognise the commands you'd entered in Viewer. If you know python then you can always modfy the .rpy file to generalize it for future sessions, ie. making multi view ports etc.
Rename the .rpy file to something else (.rpy) to prevent it from being over written in future sessions.

corus

 

[bassmanjax]

Slightly OT and you need a Windows version of the Unix tail command, but I find this useful.

If I need to find the Python script for a particular Viewer command, I 'tail' the abaqus.rpy file in a command window alongside the viewer session. You can then see the Python command in the .rpy file as you click in Viewer.

Martin

 

[bassmanjax]

^^^ Assumes that Viewer is running on Windows ^^^

 

[corus]

Martin,
That sounds useful. You can find a free version by googling mTAIL for a free (non-commercial) copy. It only saves the last 10 lines of the file, however, but is useful to see what is produced at the time it is typed in rather than trying to guess from looking at the final full .rpy file

corus

 

[zhankeliu]

Martin and Corus, I followed your advice and the mTAIL is working. I think it will help me to learn Python scripts.