Saving an X–Y data object

Abaqus/CAE provides several dialog boxes to help you specify X–Y data.

Each of these dialog boxes contains a Save As button, which you can use to save the X–Y data object you create. You must save your X–Y data to do any of the following:

  • Produce an X–Y plot containing multiple X–Y data objects from any source other than history output.

  • Edit, copy, rename, delete, or operate on your X–Y data. For history output, you can operate on the data during the save procedure or after it has been saved.

  • Establish persistent curve style preferences for your X–Y data.

  • Produce a report of your X–Y data.

  • Copy your X–Y data to an output database file.

Abaqus/CAE also saves the quantity types specified for each column in your X–Y data object, as long as the quantity types you select are among the preset quantity types available in the XY Data from ASCII File, XY Data from Keyboard, and Edit XY Data dialog boxes. If you derive a different quantity type by operating on X–Y data objects, Abaqus/CAE will not record the non-standard quantity type in the saved X–Y data object.

See Also
Understanding how to specify an X–Y data object
Copying a session X–Y data object to an output database file
Loading an X–Y data object to the current session
Using X–Y data operations
Linking viewports

Context:

Saved data persist only for the duration of the session. To save your X–Y data object beyond the duration of the session, you must save the data to a file. You can either copy your X–Y data object to an output database (binary) file or write it to a report (ASCII) file. For information on copying X–Y data to an output database file, see Copying a session X–Y data object to an output database file. For information on writing X–Y data to a report file, see Generating tabular data reports.

  1. Specify your X–Y data.
    1. From the main menu bar, select ToolsXY DataCreate.

      The Create XY Data dialog box appears.

      Tip: You can also specify X–Y data by clicking Create in the Data Manager or by using the tool in the toolbox.

    2. Choose the source of your data from the list, and click Continue.

      Abaqus displays the appropriate dialog box.

    3. Enter the necessary data or information in the dialog box.
  2. Save your data for the current Abaqus session.
    1. Click Save As or Save (as available).

      If you are saving field data, do one of the following:

    2. Accept the default name, or enter the data object name of your choice in the text field.

      Note:

      If you save data from the XY Data from ODB Field Output dialog box, you must accept the default names. If you selected multiple history output variables in the History Output dialog box, each X–Y data set will be saved with the default name, which is a shortened form of the history output name.

    3. If you are saving history data, do one of the following:

    4. If available, toggle on Plot curves on OK to plot the X–Y data sets when you click OK.
    5. If available, toggle on Swap variables to swap the order of operations.
    6. If available, toggle on Apply to linked viewports to save the X–Y data across all linked viewports.
      The viewport number is appended to the X–Y data set name; for example, XyData-1_VP1, XyData-1_VP2, etc.
    7. Click OK to close the dialog box.
  3. Click Dismiss or Cancel (as available) to close the output dialog box.