abaqustools

This repo contains useful tools for the pre and post processing of Abaqus model, mostly via python.

Contents

odbexport

• Package for export from Abaqus ODB files
• Export data from static analysis and modal analysis
• Export to txt and h5 files supported
• Supported exports: displacements, node coordinates, section forces, natural frequencies, generalized mass, element sets, ...

abq

• Module to interact with Abaqus
• Run jobs from python
• Check input file for duplicate nodes/elements

kw

• Module to generate Abaqus .inp files efficiently
• Supports most Abaqus keyword (*) for analysis of primarily beam structures
• Additional useful custom functions: beam joints with used-defined joint stiffness for 6 degrees of freedom

Required packages

The following list of packages are required:

• numpy
• scipy
• nexusformat
• h5py
• putools @ https://github.com/Oyvindwpetersen/putools