francoisgl
Automotive
Hi community,
I would like to estimate the volume reduction of my workpiece during a forging process made with ABAQUS/Explicit (axisymetric elements). I've read that it was possible to see it in the .dat file by adding the line
*Diagnostics, ADAPTIVE MESH=DETAIL
in the step module of my input file, but it doesn't work (not a single line reffers to this percentage volume change).
As an alternative solution I tried to import the sketch geometry of my deformed 2D workpiece into Solidworks and Solidedge (to rebuild a 3D revolved piece and calculate the volume) but without succes.
Could someone help me? Thanks in advance,
François.
I would like to estimate the volume reduction of my workpiece during a forging process made with ABAQUS/Explicit (axisymetric elements). I've read that it was possible to see it in the .dat file by adding the line
*Diagnostics, ADAPTIVE MESH=DETAIL
in the step module of my input file, but it doesn't work (not a single line reffers to this percentage volume change).
As an alternative solution I tried to import the sketch geometry of my deformed 2D workpiece into Solidworks and Solidedge (to rebuild a 3D revolved piece and calculate the volume) but without succes.
Could someone help me? Thanks in advance,
François.