Centroid of Nodal Points
Centroid of Nodal Points
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Hi all,
Is there a quick way abaqus can calculate and display the centroid of selected nodal coordinates on an instance from an odb file? The query toolkit doesn't really have the option I am looking for. For example, say I choose a few nodal coordinates and I want abaqus to calculate the geometric centroid of those points. How can I get abaqus to do this without having to calculate the centroid manually, through a script? I'm not talking about the element centroid that's output through the mass properties query either but just specifically the centroid of nodal points.
Thanks for the help.
Is there a quick way abaqus can calculate and display the centroid of selected nodal coordinates on an instance from an odb file? The query toolkit doesn't really have the option I am looking for. For example, say I choose a few nodal coordinates and I want abaqus to calculate the geometric centroid of those points. How can I get abaqus to do this without having to calculate the centroid manually, through a script? I'm not talking about the element centroid that's output through the mass properties query either but just specifically the centroid of nodal points.
Thanks for the help.





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