*EVENT SERIES

Define the event series data.

This option is used to define event series data.

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Accessing Abaqus event series data

ProductsAbaqus/Standard

TypeModel or history data

LevelModelStep

Required parameters

NAME
Set this parameter equal to a label that will be used to refer to this event series data.
TYPE
Set this parameter equal to the name of the event series type.

Required parameter for reading event series data from a SIM database (.sim) file

FILE

Set this parameter equal to the name of the SIM database (.sim) file from which the data are read. The file extension is optional. The SIM database file must be from the same fix pack (if applicable) of the same general release as the analysis.

Optional parameters

INPUT

The INPUT and FILE parameters are mutually exclusive.

Set this parameter equal to the name of the alternate input file containing the data lines for this option. See Input Syntax Rules for the syntax of such file names. If this parameter is omitted, it is assumed that the data follow the keyword line.
SOURCE NAME

This parameter is relevant only for use with the FILE parameter.

Set this parameter equal to the name of the event series in the SIM database (.sim) file. If this parameter is omitted, the name of the event series is used.
TRANSFORM

Include this parameter to indicate that the event series data are to be translated and/or rotated.

TIME

Set TIME=STEP TIME (default) for step time.

Set TIME=TOTAL TIME for total time accumulated over all non-perturbation analysis steps.

See Conventions for a discussion of these time measures.

Data lines to define event series data

First line

  1. Time or frequency of the first event.

  2. X-coordinate of the location of the first event.

  3. Y-coordinate of the location of the first event.

  4. Z-coordinate of the location of the first event.

  5. The first field value of the first event.

  6. The second field value of the first event.

  7. Etc., up to four field values per line.

Subsequent lines (only needed if the number of fields is greater than four)

  1. The fifth field value of the first event.

  2. Etc., up to eight field values per line.

Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define all of the events.

Data lines to define and translate/rotate event series data

First line
  1. Value of the time shift. The default value is 0.

  2. Value of the translation to be applied in the X-direction. The default value is 0.

  3. Value of the translation to be applied in the Y-direction. The default value is 0.

  4. Value of the translation to be applied in the Z-direction. The default value is 0.

Leave the first data line empty to apply a pure rotation.

Second line

  1. X-coordinate of point a on the axis of rotation (see Figure 1).

  2. Y-coordinate of point a on the axis of rotation.

  3. Z-coordinate of point a on the axis of rotation.

  4. X-coordinate of point b on the axis of rotation.

  5. Y-coordinate of point b on the axis of rotation.

  6. Z-coordinate of point b on the axis of rotation.

  7. Angle of rotation about the axis a–b, in degrees.

Leave the second data line empty to apply a pure translation. If both translation and rotation are specified, translation is applied before rotation.

Third line

  1. Time or frequency of the first event.

  2. X-coordinate of the location of the first event.

  3. Y-coordinate of the location of the first event.

  4. Z-coordinate of the location of the first event.

  5. The first field value of the first event.

  6. The second field value of the first event.

  7. Etc., up to four field values per line.

Subsequent lines (only needed if the number of fields is greater than four)

  1. The fifth field value of the first event.

  2. Etc., up to eight field values per line.

Repeat this set of data lines as often as necessary to define all of the events.