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23.5 writeFieldReport

This command writes a field output report to a file.


23.5.1 writeFieldReport(...)

This method writes a FieldOutput object to a user-defined ASCII file.

Path
session.writeFieldReport

Required arguments

filename

A String specifying the name of the file to which field output will be written.

append

A Boolean specifying whether to append the field output to an existing file. The default value is ON.

sortItem

A String specifying the item by which to sort the tabular values.

odb

An Odb object from which to obtain field output values.

step

An Int (or stepIndex) specifying the step from which to obtain field output values. Possible values are 0 step (numSteps – 1).

frame

An Int (or frameIndex) specifying the frame from which to obtain field output values. Possible values are 0 frame (numFramesInStep – 1).

outputPosition

A SymbolicConstant specifying the position from which to obtain data. Possible values are NODAL, INTEGRATION_POINT, ELEMENT_FACE, ELEMENT_NODAL, ELEMENT_CENTROID, WHOLE_ELEMENT, WHOLE_REGION, WHOLE_PART_INSTANCE, WHOLE_MODEL, and GENERAL_PARTICLE.

displayGroup

A DisplayGroup object specifying the subset of the model for which to obtain data.

variable

A sequence of variable description sequences specifying one or more field output variables for which to obtain data. Each variable description sequence contains the following elements:

  • element0: A String specifying the name of the variable.

  • element1: A SymbolicConstant specifying the output position at which to report data. Possible values are ELEMENT_CENTROID, ELEMENT_FACE, ELEMENT_NODAL, GENERAL_PARTICLE, INTEGRATION_POINT, NODAL, WHOLE_ELEMENT, WHOLE_MODEL, WHOLE_PART_INSTANCE, and WHOLE_REGION.

  • element2: A Sequence of tuples each consisting of a SymbolicConstant specifying the refinement (COMPONENT or INVARIANT), followed by a String specifying the name of a component or invariant for which to obtain values.

    If this element is omitted, data are written for all components and invariants (if applicable). This element is required if element3 (the following element in the tuple) is included.

  • element3 (if applicable): A Dictionary with a String key and a String value specifying a single section point at which to report data. The key specifies a region in the model; the corresponding value specifies a section point within that region. For example:

    {'shell < MAT > < 7 section points >':'SPOS,
    (fraction = 1.0)'}

    If this element is omitted, data are written for all section points (if applicable).

Optional arguments

numericForm

A SymbolicConstant specifying the numeric form in which to display results that contain complex numbers. Possible values are COMPLEX_MAGNITUDE, COMPLEX_PHASE, REAL, IMAGINARY, and COMPLEX_MAG_AT_ANGLE. The initial value is COMPLEX_MAGNITUDE.

complexAngle

A Float specifying the angle (in degrees) at which to display results that contain complex numbers when numericForm=COMPLEX_MAG_AT_ANGLE. The initial value is 0.

Return value

None

Exceptions

None.