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Printing data to .dat anf .fil
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Printing data to .dat anf .fil

Printing data to .dat anf .fil

(OP)
Hello,

I am trying to plot CPRESS data to .dat and .fil files. I can plot the data such as MISES, U1 using the *EL PRINT and *NODE PRINT commmands.  However I can not seem to plot CPRESS information using these keywords, here is part of the STEP section of the input file. Not sure where I am going wrong here. I also have a problem trying to print data to a .fil using the *EL FILE command. Thanks.

** OUTPUT REQUESTS
**
*Restart, write, frequency=0
**
** FIELD OUTPUT: F-Output-1
**
*Output, field
*Node Output
CF, RF, U
*Element Output, directions=YES
E, EE, LE, PE, PEEQ, PEMAG, S
*Contact Output
CDISP, CSTRESS
**
*EL PRINT, FREQUENCY=1
MISES
*NODE PRINT, FREQUENCY=1
U1,CPRESS
**
** HISTORY OUTPUT: H-Output-1
**
*Output, history, variable=PRESELECT
*End Step

RE: Printing data to .dat anf .fil

Hi,

There is no possibility to save CPRESS output into *.fil file.
To save it into *.dat file please try *CONTACT PRINT instead *NODE PRINT. I did not check it so I am not 100% sure it will work.

Regards,
Bartosz

RE: Printing data to .dat anf .fil

(OP)
Thanks Bartosz, this works,

Is the .dat file a suitable location for me to call data from to do some data analysis? Anyone have any experiences with this?  Thanks again.

RE: Printing data to .dat anf .fil

Hello,

Quote:

data analysis
Does it mean You want to save results data from Abaqus into ASCII file and next read them into another software?
If yes, You can save all your data into *.odb file and next extract results into external ASCII data using Abaqus Scripting Interface.
More information how to do it You will find in documentation: Abaqus Scripting User's Manual, 9. Using the Abaqus Scripting Interface to access an output database.
In this case you can control format of your data in ASCII file.

Regards,
Bartosz

RE: Printing data to .dat anf .fil

i agree, the scripting interface is the new way to extract the data from the odb and you should use that instead of the fil files.

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