Need help extracting nodal coordinates from Abaqus model

[garich]

I need to get deformed nodal coordinates out of a model, this was trivial with Ansys Classic but I can't seem to find a way to do it in CAE. Definitely a downside of usings a GUI vs. command line approach. Anyway here is basically what I need to do:

1. a 3D structural beam is bent so that it has an outer radius of curvature of say R=5m.

2. from the set of deformed nodal coordinates, i need to select all those within 0.05m of the outer surface (i.e. R > 0.45m in an R/? csys with the origin at the center of curvature).

3. from those selected nodes i need to subtract the minimum from the maximum values of ? to get the total angle.

btw the real problem is not analytically trivial like what I've described here because there is not perfect conformance to the outer radius.

Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.

Gary

 

[loki3000]

view my answer in this thread, it's basically the same problem as yours.
Python Scripting to Automate Corrosion Details - Help Finding Examples

also there should be an example that fetches stress data from an ODB. getting the 'U' is basically the same and you'll need that to get the deformed coords.

 

[loki3000]

is posting the file here an option? i might be better able to advise you on the problem. can you also attach a picture with regard to "not perfect conformance to the outer radius"