5_Visualisation

Visualisation with Paraview

• This folder contains a Python program that generates a Paraview-readable VTK file.
• It needs three input files specified at the beginning of the Python program:
  • the Abaqus input file (here mesh0.inp or mesh3.inp)
  • the Unique nodal values (here UNVALS56_01.txtor UNVALS56_mesh3_01.txt)
  • the results at the integration points (here IPVALS56_01.txt or IPVALS56_mesh3_01.txt)
• It is best run with Python 3, but works also with Python 2
• It generates a 10-node tetrahedron by extrapolating the corner and edge center values from the integration points, then averaging the values from adjacent elements
• View the VTK-file in Paraview
  • paraview Putput1.vtk
  • Click "Apply"
  • Click "Warp by vector field" to see the deformed shape
  • etc.