Element and output variable support

Most Abaqus elements are supported in the Visualization module, with the following limitations:

  • User-defined normals are not supported for gasket elements.

  • Slide line elements applied to asymmetric-axisymmetric models are always displayed in the θ=0° plane, regardless of the specified θ for the element.

  • Swept contour plots of CAXA elements may include colors that do not represent the current state at the nodes. Use of two Fourier modes improves the appearance, but for best results print the integration point values using ReportField Output.

See What kinds of elements must be generated outside the Mesh module?, for a description of element support in the Mesh module of Abaqus/CAE.

Table 1 and Table 2 list the output variables that are not supported by the Visualization module or the output database.

Table 1. Unsupported Abaqus/Standard variables.
CHRGS Current values of distributed electrical charges.
CONF Number of cracks at a concrete material point.
CRACK Unit normal to cracks in concrete.
CS11 Average contact pressure for link and three-dimensional line gasket elements.
DG, DGij Deformation gradient.
DGP, DGPn Principal stretches.
ECURS Current values of distributed electrical currents.
FILM Current values of FILM conditions.
FLUXS Current values of distributed (heat or concentration) fluxes.
FOUND Current values of foundation pressures.
GPU, GPUn Phase angle of generalized displacements for modal analysis.
GPV, GPVn Phase angle of generalized velocities for modal analysis.
GPA, GPAn Phase angle of generalized accelerations for modal analysis.
LOADS Current values of distributed loads.
MAXSS Maximum axial stress on a section.
PHCHG Reactive charge magnitude and phase angle for steady-state dynamic analysis.
PHE, PHEij Strain magnitude and phase angle for steady-state dynamic analysis.
PHEPG, PHEPGn Electrical potential gradient vector magnitude and phase angle for steady-state dynamic analysis.
PHEFL, PHEFLn Electrical flux vector magnitude and phase angle for steady-state dynamic analysis.
PHMFL Mass flow rate magnitude and phase angle for steady-state dynamic analysis.
PHMFT Total mass flow magnitude and phase angle for steady-state dynamic analysis.
PHPOT Electrical potential magnitude and phase angle for steady-state dynamic analysis.
PHS, PHSij Stress magnitude and phase angle for steady-state dynamic analysis.
PPOR Fluid, pore, or acoustic pressure magnitude and phase angle for steady-state dynamic analysis.
PRF, PRFn, PRMn Reaction force and moment magnitudes and phase angles for steady-state dynamic analysis.
PTU, PTUn, PTURn Total displacement and rotation magnitudes and phase angles for mode-based steady-state dynamic analysis.
PU, PUn, PURn Displacement and rotation magnitudes and phase angles for steady-state dynamic analysis.
RAD Current values of RADIATE.
SJP Strain jumps at nodes. (Use the contour averaging options to obtain this variable.)
SOAREA Area of the defined section.
SOCF Center of the total force in the section.
SOD Total mass flow across the section.
SOE Total current across the section.
SOF Total force in the section.
SOH Total heat flux across the section.
SOM Total moment in the section.
SOP Total pore fluid volume flux across the section.
SS, SSn Substresses for ITS elements.
SSAVGn Average shell section stress component n.
TPFL Total pore fluid volume flux leaving the secondary surface.
TPTL Time integrated TPFL.
Connector output for steady-state dynamic analysis.
Element output for user elements.
Table 2. Unsupported Abaqus/Explicit variables.
BONDSTAT Spot weld bond status for nodes.
BONDLOAD Spot weld bond load for nodes.
CRACK Crack orientations.
EIHEDEN Internal heat energy density.
ESEDEN Total elastic strain energy density.
SSAVGn Average membrane or transverse shear stress component n.