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From the main menu in the Visualization module, select .
The ODB Reducer/Builder dialog box appears.
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From the Model Features frame, toggle off
Sets to disable the Sets tab and
exclude all of the element, node, and surface set definitions from the resulting
database. Toggle on Sets to access the options in the
Sets tab.
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From the Model Features frame, toggle off
Properties to disable the
Properties tab and exclude all section, material, and
profile data from the resulting database. Toggle on
Properties to access the options in the
Properties tab.
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From the Model Features frame, toggle off
Datums to disable the Datums tab
and exclude all of the datums in the resulting database. Toggle on
Datums to access the options in the
Datums tab.
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From the Results Features frame, toggle off
Steps/Frames to disable the
Steps/Frames tab and exclude all the steps/frames from
the resulting database. Toggle on Steps/Frames to access
the options in the Steps/Frames tab.
Note:
Because field output and history output are dependent on steps/frames,
field and history output data will not be available in the resulting
output database when Steps/Frames is toggled
off.
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From the Results Features frame, toggle off
Field outputs to disable the Field
Outputs tab and exclude all the field outputs from the resulting
database. Toggle on Field outputs to access the options in
the Field Outputs tab.
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From the Results Features frame, toggle off
History outputs to disable the
History tab and exclude all the history outputs from
the resulting database. Toggle on History outputs to
include all the history outputs in the resulting database.
Note:
There are no filters for history outputs.
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Use the Mesh tab to select which regions of the model to
include in the new output database.
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Select Currently displayed to include areas of the
mesh that are currently displayed in the current viewport.
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Select From session file to load a display group
from a file. In the Session file text field, use
the file selector or type in the name of an .xml
file and type in the name of the display group in the Display
Group Name text field.
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Select Bounding box to include the mesh within or
outside a specified box. Specify numerical values for x
Min, x Max, y
Min, y Max, z
Min, and z Max in their
corresponding text fields. Choose Inside or
Outside from the list to include the mesh lying
within the bounding box or outside it.
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Select Bounding cylinder to include the mesh
within or outside a specified cylinder. Enter three comma-separated
numerical values for Origin point and
Axis vector and a single numerical value for
Radius in their corresponding text fields.
Choose Inside or Outside from
the list to include the mesh lying within the bounding cylinder or
outside it.
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Select Bounding sphere to include the mesh within
or outside a specified sphere. Enter three comma-separated numerical
values for Origin point and a single numerical
value for Radius in their corresponding text
fields. Choose Inside or
Outside from the list to include the mesh lying
within the bounding sphere or outside it.
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Select Instances, and use the selection box to
include the mesh only from the specified part instances.
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Select Sets, and use the selection box to include
the mesh from the specified sets.
Note:
Use the Mesh Preview Toggle button to preview the
selection.
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When the Sets tab is enabled,
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Toggle on Node sets to write node set definitions
to the new output database. Select All to include
all of the node sets, or use Select to specify a
list of node sets add to the new database.
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Toggle on Element sets to write element set
definitions to the new output database. Select All
to include all of the element sets, or use Select
to specify a list of element sets to add to the new database.
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Toggle on Surface sets to write surface set
definitions to the new output database. Select All
to include all of the surface sets, or use Select
to specify a list of surface sets to add to the new database.
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When the Properties tab is enabled,
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Toggle on Sections to write section data to the
new output database. Select Keep all data to retain
all of the information. Nullify All and
Nullify selected create the empty containers
without data. Use these options to create section names without the
section properties.
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Toggle on Materials to write material data to the
new output database. Select Keep all data to retain
all of the information. Nullify All and
Nullify selected create the empty containers
without data. Use these options to create material names without the
material properties.
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Toggle on Profiles to write profile data to the
new output database. Select Keep all data to retain
all of the information. Nullify All and
Nullify selected create the empty containers
without data. Use these options to create profile names without the
profile properties.
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When the Datums tab is enabled, select
All to include all of the datums, or
Select a list of datums from the selection box.
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When the Steps/Frames tab is enabled,
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Select Match field requests to use the list of
steps and frames from the Field Outputs tab.
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Select Last frame of last step to include only the
last frame of the last step in the output database.
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Select Last frame of each step to include the last
frame of all of the steps in the output database.
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Use Select below to activate the
Steps and Frames selection
tables and buttons. After selecting the required frames for a particular
step, click Update Frame Selection to include the
selected frame in the output database. Repeat this process for each
step. Use Remove Selected Step or
Remove All Steps to exclude all or the
selected step from the previously made choices.
Note:
A preview of selected steps/frames is shown in the
Current individually selected
steps/frames box below.
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When the Field Outputs tab is enabled,
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Select All fields to include all of the field
outputs in the output database.
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Use Select below to activate the
Steps, Frames, and
Fields selection tables and buttons. After
selecting the required field outputs for a particular step and frame
combination, click Update Output Selection to
include the selected field outputs in the output database. Repeat this
process for each step/frame combination. Click Apply To
Step to include the selected field outputs in all the
frames within the selected step. Click All
Steps/Frames to include the selected field outputs in
all of the steps and frames. Use Remove Selected
or Remove All under the
Steps selection table to exclude all field
outputs for all the steps or the selected step from the previously made
choices. Use Remove Selected or Remove
All under the Frames selection
table to exclude all field outputs for all the frames or the selected
frame from the previously made choices.
Note:
A preview of selected field outputs is shown in the
Current individually selected field
outputs box below.
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If desired, save the settings to a file by clicking Save
Settings after specifying a filename in the
File text field in the Controls
box. You can load the settings later by clicking Load
Settings after specifying the filename in the
File text field.
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Use the ODB name append text field to specify the name of
the generated output database.The new database is saved to the same location as
the currently open output database, using the original file name but with the
specified text appended before the .odb extension.
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Click Generate ODB (and close) to generate the output
database and close the plug-in. Click Generate ODB (and
stay) to generate the output database and keep the dialog box
open.
Check the Abaqus/CAE message area and the replay file for more information about the output
database generation. Abaqus/CAE automatically opens the new output database after the process is
completed.
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