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How to create a readable result file (.fil or .odb)?

How to create a readable result file (.fil or .odb)?

How to create a readable result file (.fil or .odb)?

(OP)
Hello everyone,

I specified *EL FILE as mentioned on menu, with command:
abaqus analysis job=jname convert=all input=my.inp user=t.f

but can not generate any jname.fil file. Any suggestions for creating a readable text file (.fil or .odb)?

Thanks a lot for help!

Peter

The followings are part of the input file:

** FIELD OUTPUT: F-Output-1
**
*Output, field, variable=PRESELECT
**
** HISTORY OUTPUT: H-Output-1
**
*Output, history, variable=PRESELECT
*FILE FORMAT, ASCII
*EL FILE, ELSET=_PICKEDSET4
**Node FILE, freq=999999
*El PRINT, freq=999999
*Node PRINT, freq=999999
*End Step


RE: How to create a readable result file (.fil or .odb)?

If you want a readable text file then use the el print or node print as you have in your deck but remove the freq=9999

corus

RE: How to create a readable result file (.fil or .odb)?

(OP)
Hi Corus,

thanks for the suggestion. However it still couldn't generate a .fil file

peter

RE: How to create a readable result file (.fil or .odb)?

CODE

*EL FILE,ELSET=_PICKEDSET4,FREQ=1
options,variables
*EL PRINT,FREQ=1
options,variables

The FREQ option used with *EL FILE only works for /Standard analyses. If you are running /Explicit then the *EL FILE command will generate the equivalent .sel (selected results) file, to be used with the *FILE OUTPUT option. You must assign values for your "options" and variables" above, so see *EL FILE and *EL PRINT in the help manuals.


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RE: How to create a readable result file (.fil or .odb)?

I'm not sure why you want a readable .fil file as this file is, for example, used for reading in temperatures obtained from a thermal analysis as the input load for a static analysis. If I want to check that these values are input properly then I just review the temperatures as an output in the static analysis using Viewer. If I want to actually visibly read results, say reaction forces for example, then I just use the *node print command which sends the results to the .dat file.

corus

RE: How to create a readable result file (.fil or .odb)?

(OP)
I want to calibrate the material properties of an elastic model (exponential model), so I need to manually or iteratively check their results.

Peter

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