Reading data from an output database

This example illustrates how you can print the content of an output database. The example opens the output database specified on the command line and calls functions that print the following:

  • Parts

  • Part instances

  • The root assembly

  • Connectors

  • Connector properties

  • Datum coordinate systems

  • Nodes

  • Elements

  • Sets

  • Faces

  • Sections

  • Steps

  • Frames

  • Fields

  • Field values

  • Field bulk data

  • Field locations

  • History regions

  • History output

  • History points

Use the following command to retrieve the example program:

abaqus fetch job=odbDump