ABAQUS/CAE obtains results along a path in the form of X–Y data pairs. The data pair X-values define the model locations at which to obtain data; the Y-values are analysis results at those locations. ABAQUS considers only the entities in the current display group when calculating the data pairs.
ABAQUS calculates the data pair X-values based on the points you have specified for the path. You can choose to form X-values based only on the points you have specified or to additionally include all locations at which the path intersects the model. (An intersection occurs where the path crosses an element face, element edge, surface face, or surface edge.)
You can also choose whether ABAQUS interprets the points that make up the path as locations on the undeformed or the deformed model shape. For node list paths, the node labels that constitute the path are equally applicable to undeformed and deformed model shapes. However, point list path coordinates remain fixed in space and are independent of your model. For example, coordinates that coincide with a nodal location on the undeformed shape may not coincide with any location on the deformed shape. Values obtained using point list path coordinates and the deformed model are affected by the deformation scale factor. ABAQUS does not form data pairs for points that do not coincide with your model.
To choose the path locations at which to obtain data:
Locate the XY Data from Path options.
From the main menu bar, select Tools
XY DataCreate. From the dialog box that appears, select Path; then click Continue. The XY Data from Path dialog box appears.
Click the Path arrow to select the path for which to obtain data.
The model plot in the current viewport changes to highlight the path you have selected.
Click the Undeformed or Deformed to choose whether ABAQUS interprets the points that make up the path as locations on the undeformed or the deformed model shape, respectively.
To obtain X–Y data at locations where the path intersects the model as well as at the points that make up the path, click Include intersections. The default is to obtain data only at the points that make up the path.
To evaluate and display the data, click Plot.
An X–Y plot appears in the current viewport. The plot represents the data you have configured in the dialog box, which ABAQUS considers temporary data whether or not you have clicked Save As to save it.
To save the data you have configured, click Save As.
Note:
To plot your saved X–Y data object, select ToolsXY DataPlot from the main menu bar and choose the X–Y data object from the pull-right menu.
When you have finished, click Cancel to close the dialog box.
