Hello - thank you for the fantastic work on this package.
Is it possible to write out the total kinetic energy in the model, and then import it to Matlab using Abaqus2Matlab?
It seems like I need to use the Record 1999 identifier (http://130.149.89.49:2080/v6.14/books/usb/default.htm), but I don't see this function in the documentation for Abaqus2Matlab.
FYI - here is what the footer of my .inp file looks like:
*OUTPUT, HISTORY, TIME INTERVAL=1.0E-4
*ENERGY OUTPUT
ALLKE
Thanks!!
Hi Mr. Lawrence Smith!
Apologies for the delayed response.
The latest version of Abaqus2Matlab (v.3.0) can successfully handle the record key 1999 (total energies record).
Just run your Abaqus/Explicit analysis (from the TIME INTERVAL parameter that you use I am assuming that you are running Abaqus/Explicit) until it completes successfully.
After this, you have to convert the fil file into a fin file. This operation has to be done because Abaqus/Explicit cannot generate fil file into ASCII format (only in binary format), and the user has to convert it to ASCII file (i.e. *.fin file) using the abaqus ascfil job=... command.
After the conversion is completed, you have to load the fin file (NOT the fil file!) into the Abaqus2Matlab interface and then the record key 1999 appears in the dropdown menu. By pressing the "Save to .mat" or "Export to WorkSpace" buttons you can get the result that you want.
I hope that this helps, despite the large delay!
Best,
George