You can read X–Y data from all the active free body cuts defined in your session. The data available for selection include the following:
data from forces, moments, or both entities; and
for the entities you select, the resultant magnitude and the individual components in the 1-, 2-, and 3-directions.
Note: You can read X–Y data only from free body cuts that were defined in the Free Body toolset; that is, the free bodies defined using nodes and elements, rather than the free bodies defined on view cuts.
To read X–Y data from a free body:
Locate the Free body options.
Select Tools
XY DataCreate from the main menu bar, and choose Free body.
The XY Data from Free Body dialog box appears.
Click Active Steps/Frames to change the steps or frames from which Abaqus/CAE reads X–Y data. For more information, see “Activating and deactivating steps and frames,” Section 42.3.1.
From the Entity options, toggle on Force, Moment, or both of these options to display X–Y data for the selected entity or entities.
From the Components options, toggle on the vector components that you want to include in the X–Y data set. Options include the resultant magnitude and the individual component values in each direction.
To evaluate and display the data, click Plot.
An X–Y plot of the data you have configured in the dialog box appears in the current viewport.
To save the data you have configured as one or more X–Y data objects, click Save. X–Y data objects are saved only for the current session.
Note:
To plot your saved X–Y data, select ToolsXY DataPlot from the main menu bar, and select the X–Y data from the menu.
When you have finished, click Dismiss to close the dialog box.
