List of node values from Designstar or Geostar

Metrics · Sep 13, 2006

Is there a straightforward way to get the underformed node coordinates into a spreadsheet.

It seems very easy to do it with the node displacements, but I need the original undeformed coordiantes also.

Geostar let me list the coordinates, but when I tried to copy them into excel, the node number and coordinates all imported into the same cell.

(What I'm trying to do is model the deformed shape in autocad. Once I copy have them in Excel, I can copy them into autocad and all the points will plot. Howver, I'd be interested in other suggestions.)

Mark

ERT · Oct 9, 2006

Mark,

I think an easy way to do this is to use one of the export ASCII translator formats. If you export your mesh as a .geo format, you should be able to snip out the node list with the undeformed co-ordinates and import into EXCEL as a CSV file.

I hope this helps.

Regards,

ERT

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jte · Oct 18, 2006

Have you tried creating a .gfm file (type "gform" in the command line)? This is essentially a text file with all of your model info. Scroll down to the parts which begin with ND, 1,... These are the node numbers and their xyz coordinates. I'd open the file with Word, cut off the stuff above and below the ND lines, then copy the rest and paste it into Excel. You might need to use the "pase special" command to get each comma delimited number into its own cell. Or maybe save the file, then open/import it into Excel. Haven't done it for a while but I know its fairly easy to do if you poke around for a bit.

jt

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