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    drawing a function in sketcher mode

    hi all, I want to draw a part which is mainly an extruded section. the problem is that the sketch of the section is complicated and given by an equation y=f(x) ( a polar one also). how can i draw a function in the sketcher mode? i know that i can plot a number of points satisfying the equation...
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    explicit-standard result transfer

    hi all, I have a problem that needs a first standard analysis followed by an explicit one. thus, i need to transfer my results from abaqus standard to explicit. I read the documentation and i understood that i can do so by writing a restart file in the first standard analysis and apply an...
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    reading output database from a C++ external application

    hello xerf, I did supply the path to Abaqus in my project settings. But i am not sure if i did so correctly. I am not that experienced with linking and compiling. did you ever worked this out? can you please tell me the steps of linking in visual c++.
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    reading output database from a C++ external application

    hi all, I am trying to read an Abaqus output database .odb using an external C++ application. That means I want to write a C++ program that can access directly the .odb file without using the "abaqus make" compling procedure. I understood from the documentation that this is possible (scripting...
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    python scripting

    i used now "import section" and it works thanks a lot xerf. why i had to use it .. i thought "from abaqus import * " will import all needed modules.
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    python scripting

    I changed the extension to *.psf still getting errors. C:\sctest>abaqus script=shelf.psf Traceback (most recent call last): File "Python/driver/script.py", line 86, in ? File "Python/driver/application.py", line 119, in run File "Python/driver/script.py", line 65, in execute File...
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    python scripting

    i tried abaqus script=shelf but this requires a *.psf file. while i have a python shelf.py file. how can i solve this? thx
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    python scripting

    hi all, I am trying to run a python script from the command prompt without opening abaqus cae. I am using now the command : abaqus cae nogui=name.py i am getting the following error, eventhough the script works just fine when i run it from cae. AttributeError: 'Model' object has no attribute...
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    python scripting

    hi all, i am trying to start Abaqus with a python script directly from the command prompt using the command: abaqus python name.py where name is the python file name. I am getting an import error: C:\Abaqus\Commands>abaqus python shelf.py Traceback (most recent call last): File...
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    Abaqus and Python

    hello all, I am using a python script in order to calculate the angle of the maximum principle stress. To do so I need the numerical library "numarray" to calculate the eigenvalues and the eigenvectors of the stress matrix. I managed to download the "numarray" library and used it sucessfully...
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    Abaqus CAE Message

    hey guys.... this finally worked.... i was just passing invalid arguments..it has nothing to do with the graphics card. i was passing the end2Edges argument as a tuple of edges... while it should be a sequence of edges... sequence of edges can be obtained by passing sequence of coordinates to...
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    Abaqus CAE Message

    I am using Abaqus 6-5.1. I realized that Abaqus scripting is not free of bugs. I am sure that "mdb.models[].parts[].seedEdgeByBias() " is the problem, but i found a sample script using this method on the assembly level. I will have to try it out. thanks
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    Abaqus CAE Message

    hi all, while writing a python script and trying to perform a biased seeding using: mdb.models[].parts[].seedEdgeByBias() method I am having the following error: "GUI detected error while waiting for ipc connection to close. Abaqus error: Abaqus/CAE kernel exited with an error " any help...
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