When you submit your job for analysis,
Abaqus/Standard
or
Abaqus/Explicit
writes the results of the analysis to the output database. For each step you
create, you can use the Field Output Requests Manager and
the History Output Requests Manager to do the following:
Select the region of the model for which
Abaqus
will generate data.
Select the variables that
Abaqus
will write to the output database.
Select the section points of beams or shells for which
Abaqus
will generate data.
Change the frequency at which
Abaqus
will write data to the output database.
When you create a step,
Abaqus/CAE
generates a default output request for the step. See
Which variables are in the output database?
for more information on field and history output.
For the cantilever beam tutorial, you will simply examine the output
requests and accept the default configuration.
In the
Model Tree,
click mouse button 3 on the Field Output Requests
container and select Manager from the menu that appears.
Abaqus/CAE
displays the Field Output Requests Manager. This manager
displays an alphabetical list of existing output requests along the left side
of the dialog box. The names of all the steps in the analysis appear along the
top of the dialog box in the order of execution. The table formed by these two
lists displays the status of each output request in each step.
Review the default output request that
Abaqus/CAE
generates for the Static, General step you created and
named BeamLoad.
Click the cell in the table labeled Created; that
cell becomes highlighted, and the following information related to the cell
appears in the legend at the bottom of the manager:
The type of analysis procedure carried out in the step in that
column.
The list of output request variables.
The output request status.
On the right side of the Field Output Requests
Manager, click Edit to view more detailed
information about the output request.
The field output editor appears. In the Output
Variables region of the dialog box, a text box lists all the
variables that will be output. If you change an output request, you can always
return to the default settings by clicking Preselected
defaults above the text box.
Click the arrows next to each output variable category to see exactly
which variables will be output. The check boxes next to each category title
allow you to see at a glance whether all variables in that category will be
output. A black check mark on a white background indicates that all variables
will be output, while a dark gray check mark on a light gray background
indicates that only some variables will be output.
Based on the selections shown at the bottom of the dialog box, data
will be generated at every default section point in the model and will be
written to the output database after every increment during the analysis.
Click Cancel to close the field output editor,
since you do not wish to make any changes to the default choice.
Click Dismiss to close the Field
Output Requests Manager.
Note:
What is the difference between the Dismiss
and Cancel buttons? Dismiss buttons appear in dialog
boxes that contain data that you cannot modify. For example, the
Field Output Requests Manager allows you to view output
requests, but you must use the field output editor to modify those requests.
Clicking the Dismiss button simply closes the
Field Output Requests Manager. Conversely,
Cancel buttons appear in dialog boxes that allow you to
make changes. Clicking Cancel closes the dialog box
without saving your changes.
Review the history output requests in a similar manner by clicking
mouse button 3 on the History Output Requests container in
the
Model Tree
and then opening the history output editor.