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Alternatives to Abaqus to open inp and odb archives

Alternatives to Abaqus to open inp and odb archives

Alternatives to Abaqus to open inp and odb archives

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Dear collages,

I want to know about any free alternative to open inp and odb archives developed by Abaqus. I've got a client who want to visualizate the models that I perform.

Thank you very much. Regards,

3JC

RE: Alternatives to Abaqus to open inp and odb archives

.inp files can be opened with any text editor.

I don't think its possible to open/view .odb files in any free software. Maybe try ParaView and hope somebody else has written a translator?

Send your client a report with the images they desire. Or if they just want to view the deformed geometry, export an .STL

RE: Alternatives to Abaqus to open inp and odb archives

(OP)
Dear friend,

Thank you very much for your response. What I know is that Hypermesh can generate and open different formats of FEA sotwares. Is there any free alternative with similar characteristics, for ABAQUS mainly? Thank you very much.

Regards,

3JC

RE: Alternatives to Abaqus to open inp and odb archives

You just asked the same question again. I did some googling and found this:

https://www.ensight.com/ensight-free/

It says it supports abaqus file import and there is a free version that allows you to loads models with up to 2 million 3D cells.

Give that a go.

RE: Alternatives to Abaqus to open inp and odb archives

I wonder if CalculiX has a pre/post-processor that lets you visualize an Abaqus ODB. An INP is just an ASCII file; any text editor will open it; I prefer gVim. Also, LS-Pre/Post can import (at least, to some degree) an Abaqus input deck; it is a free pre/post-processor.

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