Writing Nodal Output to the Output Database

The nodal variables that can be written to the output database are defined in Nodal Variables (Abaqus/Standard) and Nodal Variables (Abaqus/Explicit).

NODE OUTPUT
list of output variables

Step module: field or history output request editor: Select from list below 

For history output you must specify the node set (or, in Abaqus/Explicit, the tracer set) for which output is being requested. For field output the specification of the node set or tracer set is optional; if you do not specify a node set or tracer set, the output will be written for all the nodes in the model.

NODE OUTPUT, NSET=node_set_name

Step module: field or history output request editor: Domain: Set: set_name

You can select output on the node set consisting of all the exterior nodes in the model. This node set is generated internally by Abaqus and includes all the nodes that belong to the exterior three-dimensional elements.

NODE OUTPUT, EXTERIOR

Step module: field output request editor: Domain: Whole model; toggle on Exterior only 

The frequency of nodal output is controlled as described in Controlling the Frequency of Output to the Output Database.

The precision of nodal output is controlled as described in Controlling the Precision of Element and Nodal Output.

You can request the preselected, procedure-specific nodal output variables described in Preselected Output Requests. In this case you can specify additional variables as part of the output request.

Alternatively, you can request all nodal variables applicable to the current procedure type. In this case any additional variables you specify are ignored.

NODE OUTPUT, VARIABLE=PRESELECT

NODE OUTPUT, VARIABLE=ALL

Step module: field or history output request editor: Preselected defaults or All

For nodal variables 1, 2, and 3 refer to the global directions X, Y, and Z, respectively. For axisymmetric elements 1 and 2 refer to the global directions r and z. Nodal field results are written to the output database in the global directions. If a local coordinate system is defined at a node (see Transformed Coordinate Systems), the local nodal transformations are written to the output database as well. You can apply these transformations to the results in the Visualization module of Abaqus/CAE to view components in the local systems.

For nodal variables 1, 2, and 3 refer to the global directions X, Y, and Z, respectively. For axisymmetric elements 1 and 2 refer to the global directions r and z. Nodal history results are written to the output database in the global directions unless a local coordinate system has been defined at a node (see Transformed Coordinate Systems). In this case you can specify whether output is desired in global or local directions.

NODE OUTPUT, GLOBAL=YES

NODE OUTPUT, GLOBAL=NO

Boundary conditions can be visualized in the Visualization module of Abaqus/CAE by selecting ViewODB Display Options. Click the Entity Display tab in the dialog box that appears.

In an Abaqus/Standard analysis boundary condition information is written to the output database only when some nodal output variables are requested as field output.