Using Matlab to extract data from FE output file

[Chris31]

Can anyone offer suggestions on where to look for the following:

I'm trying to write a script that will search through a Finite Element output file and print axial force values for specific element ID numbers.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Chris

 

[cibachrome]

You didn't provide ANY detail about what form your FEA results are in, so the general idea is:

inx = strmatch(EID_you want,EIDS)

axial_stress = EIDS(inx,column_of_axial_stress)

 

[Chris31]

Sorry,

The output is NX Nastran Ouput and there are multiple subcases and element types.

Thanks for all your help.