Extracting ODB data in excel/ascii format?

[nitinabaqus]

Hi,

I was wondering if it is possible to extract data for a node set from the field/history output.
Your responses are appreciated.

Nitin

 

[xerf]

Yes, it is possible.

(i)To output to a ASCII:

In the Visualization Module
1. "Tools" Menu-> Create a Display Group based on the node set you are interested in.
2. "Report" Menu -> XY (for history output) or Field Output

For history output you need to create an XY Data before.

(ii)To output to Excel:
-The easiest way is to copy-paste from the report asii file and use the Excel Import Wizard, assuming you need to this once in a while. You also can copy-paste the XY Data directly from CAE. (XY Data Manager ->Edit-> Select the data in the table and Ctrl+C , then Ctrl+V in the Excel Sheet.)

-You can use ABAQUS Scripting Interface to program some code to output the data you need in .csv format (or using whatever text formatting you want).

 

[nitinabaqus]

I am looking at the abaqus scripting option. could you site me an example for reading nodeset from the odb and saving it in csv format.

 

[xerf]

There are examples in the

"Abaqus Scripting User's Manual."

For example, you can take a look at the section

"8.5.10 An example of reading field data from an output database"

....but instead of printing the info you can write it to a text file.