Querying Values for a Results Image

You can probe a model or a results image to obtain information about your model or analysis. Probe functionality enables you to collect a list of nodes and elements of interest, examine them in the images and in tabular format in the Image Query dialog box, and export them to a text file or to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

Note:  The contents of the text file or spreadsheet you select are replaced with the data selected in the Image Query dialog box. Consider creating a new text file or spreadsheet for export purposes before you begin your queries.

When you probe nodal data, the following information is displayed about the node in the table in the Image Query dialog box:

If you probe element data, nodal data are displayed for every node included in the selected element definition. For Discontinuous iso results images, the element ID number is included as well.

You can compile probe values from multiple images, provided the images are all compatible. Results images are compatible for query purposes if they are all images of type Average iso or if they are all images of type Discontinuous iso. Symbol images showing more than one type of value are not eligible for query, and text images are not eligible for query.

By default, Abaqus for CATIA V5 displays probe values for results that are on the boundary or the outside of the model; interior nodes or elements are excluded from the query. To include interior values in your query, you must toggle off the On boundary option in the Color Map Edition dialog box. To open this dialog box, double-click the contour spectrum that appears in the right side of the CATIA window when a results image is displayed.

If you have data points selected in the table in the Image Query dialog box, you can highlight one or more of the table rows to display the selected nodes in the results image.

This task shows you how to probe values for a results image.

  1. Highlight the image or images that you want to investigate from the specification tree, then click the Query Values for a Results Image icon .

    The Image Query dialog box appears.

  2. Select Node or Element as the selection method.

  3. Choose either of the following methods to add nodal data or element data to the table:

    • To add nodes or elements by their ID number, toggle on Node ID or Element ID, then enter the node or element identifier and click Add to table.

    • To add nodes or elements by selecting them from the results image, toggle off Node ID or Element ID, then click in the results image to select the nodes or elements that you want to investigate.

    Abaqus for CATIA V5 creates a new row in the table for each node you select. When you select an element, Abaqus for CATIA V5 adds a new row to the table for every node that is a part of that element.

  4. Toggle on Show number to display the node and element numbers in the results image for the rows that you highlight in the Image Query dialog box.

  5. Specify the text file or spreadsheet to which you want to write probe data in the Save to file field.

  6. Click Save to write the probe data to the specified file.

    Abaqus for CATIA V5 writes the selected data and opens the selected text file or spreadsheet.