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EXAMPLE: NONLINEAR SKEW PLATE
8.4.4
Postprocessing
When you are in the directory containing the output database file skew_nl.odb, type the following
command at the operating system prompt:
abaqus viewer odb=skew_nl
Showing the available frames
To begin this exercise, determine the available output frames (the increment intervals at which
results were written to the output database).
To show the available frames:
1. From the main menu bar, select Result→Step/Frame.
The Step/Frame dialog box appears.
During the analysis Abaqus/Standard wrote field output results to the output database file every
second increment, as was requested. Abaqus/Viewer displays the list of the available frames,
as shown in Figure 8–12.
Figure 8–12
Available frames.
The list tabulates the steps and increments for which field variables are stored. This analysis
consisted of a single step with six increments. The results for increment 0 (the initial state
of the step) are saved by default, and you saved data for increments 2, 4, and 6. By default,
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