can we use this tool to get the data of ELEDEN and ESEDEN?
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snapshot from the abaqus analysis user's guide
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this is from A2M document
If using this toolbox for research or industrial purposes, please cite:
Advances in Engineering Software. Vol 105. March 2017. Pages 9-16. (2017)
The code that should be used to extract ELEDEN is the following:
odb_name='Job1_A2M.odb';
stepName='Step-1';
instanceName='False';
elsetName='False';
outputVar='ELEDEN';
% Select only one of the two following options:
indOut='False'; %(no dat file)
indOut='True'; %(create dat file)
% Extract Abaqus results
[odbOut,odbDat,rpyOut]=readElementFieldOdb(odb_name,stepName,instanceName,elsetName,outputVar,indOut);
so ,which code should i use to obtain,thank you so much,does it like this?
odb_name='Job1_A2M.odb';
stepName='Step-1';
nsetName= 'False' ;
instanceName= 'False' ;
indOut='False'; %(no dat file)
indOut='True'; %(create dat file)
outputVar='MISES';%Coordinates
[odbOut_ELEDEN,odbDat_ELEDEN,rpyOut_ELEDEN]=readNodeFieldOdb(odb_name,stepName,instanceName,nsetName,outputVar,indOut);
Yes, of course you can extract ELEDEN from any odb file using Abaqus2Matlab.