{"id":3591,"date":"2023-05-25T12:50:42","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T12:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plm.systemworkx.de\/docs\/read-material-data-from-abaqus-odb\/"},"modified":"2023-09-28T12:40:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T12:40:59","password":"","slug":"read-material-data-from-abaqus-odb","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/plm.systemworkx.de\/en\/docs\/read-material-data-from-abaqus-odb\/","title":{"rendered":"Read material data from Abaqus ODB"},"content":{"rendered":"

Basically, the material data used for the analysis with Abaqus Unified FEA are not displayed in the ODB. A simple Python script helps here.<\/p>\n

Two materials are used in the present model:<\/p>\n

RUBBER, Neo-Hooke, Hyperelastic Material Model<\/p>\n

STEEL, steel, elastic-plastic material model<\/p>\n<\/div>

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This short script allows you to view the material data and models used.
\nThe input is done via the command line (Kernel Command Line Interface) at the bottom of Abaqus\/CAE (Module Visualization) or Abaqus\/Viewer.<\/p>\n

# Get current viewport, ODB file of current viewport, filename and path
\nCV = session.viewports[session .currentViewportName]<\/strong><\/p>\n

odbFile = CV.displayedObject<\/strong><\/p>\n

ON = odbFile.path<\/strong><\/p>\n

ON<\/strong><\/p>\n

Used_Mats=session.odbs[ON]<\/strong><\/p>\n

print Used_Mats.materials<\/strong><\/p>\n

The output looks like this :<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Now you can request more detailed information about the existing material data via the command line:<\/p>\n

print Used_Mats.materials['STEEL']<\/p>\n

supplies<\/p>\n

()<\/p>\n

information on which data is available for a material. Here, for example, the thermal conductivity, the density, information about the elasticity and the electrical conductivity. Now you can request further information: print Used_Mats.materials['STEEL'].elastic<\/p>\n

Examples:<\/p>\n

print Used_Mats.materials['RUBBER'].hyperelastic<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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print Used_Mats.materials[‘STEEL’].plastic<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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print Used_Mats.materials[‘STEEL\u2018].elastic<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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ATTENTION:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The material name inside the square brackets must be in quotation marks! Depending on the editor, this can lead to problems.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[84],"doc_tag":[87],"class_list":["post-3591","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-simulation-en","doc_tag-simulia-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":4116,"total_views":"1529","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"Ulrich","author_nicename":"ulrich","author_url":"https:\/\/plm.systemworkx.de\/en\/author\/ulrich\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Simulation","term_url":"https:\/\/plm.systemworkx.de\/en\/docs-category\/simulation-en\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[{"term_name":"simulia","term_url":"https:\/\/plm.systemworkx.de\/en\/docs-tag\/simulia-en\/"}],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plm.systemworkx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plm.systemworkx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plm.systemworkx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plm.systemworkx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plm.systemworkx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3591"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/plm.systemworkx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3989,"href":"https:\/\/plm.systemworkx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/3591\/revisions\/3989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plm.systemworkx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plm.systemworkx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=3591"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plm.systemworkx.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=3591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}