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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Open the output database (.odb)}}  \tn
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Import the post-processing library & `\textgreater{}\textgreater{}\textgreater{} from odbAccess import *` \tn 
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open the output database & `\textgreater{}\textgreater{}\textgreater{}myOdb = openOdb(path='path\textbackslash{}myfile.odb')` \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Once you've created your odb object, you can access all the variables throught the different attributes of the class. In the following cheatsheet, we only point out the way to access the results that mostly interest us such as {\bf{Field Outputs}} and {\bf{History Outputs}}}  \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{In the {\bf{odb object}} we will access the {\bf{steps}} attribute, then the {\bf{frames}} attribute to get our field output. \newline % Row Count 3 (+ 3)
`\textgreater{}\textgreater{}\textgreater{}steps = myOdb.steps` \newline % Row Count 4 (+ 1)
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frames.domain & TIME or FREQUENCY \tn 
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U & displacement \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{2}{x{5.377cm}}{Exemple to access the displacement along the x axis (U1), for a given node: \newline `\textgreater{}\textgreater{}\textgreater{}myOdb = openOdb(path='path\textbackslash{}myodb.odb')` \newline `\textgreater{}\textgreater{}\textgreater{}frame1 = myOdb.steps{[}'Step-1'{]}.frames{[}-1{]}` \newline `\textgreater{}\textgreater{}\textgreater{}t = frame1.frameValue` \newline `\textgreater{}\textgreater{}\textgreater{}u1 = frame1.fieldOutput{[}'U'{]}.values{[}27{]}.data{[}0{]}` \newline  \newline For all possible outputs, see the official Abaqus documentation}  \tn 
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the {\bf{Root Assembly}} & The odb object has an attribute rootAssembly, which gives informations about assembly such as: \tn 
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\mymulticolumn{1}{x{5.377cm}}{In your simulation, you may have specify {\bf{History Outputs}} for several sets. Your odbStep object has an attribute named {\bf{historyRegion}} in which you will find all the sets that have history output, as historyOuptut Objects. In such objets are stored all the history outputs specified in your simulation. \newline % Row Count 7 (+ 7)
`region = myOdb.steps{[}'stepName'{]}.historyRegions{[}'Node PART-1-1.15'{]}` \newline % Row Count 9 (+ 2)
Here is a quick exemple to access to time and volume in a fluid cavity: \newline % Row Count 11 (+ 2)
`\textgreater{}\textgreater{}\textgreater{}myStep.historyRegions{[}'Node PART-1-1.1565'{]}.historyOutputs{[}CVOL{]}.data` \newline % Row Count 13 (+ 2)
returns a tuple organized as: \newline % Row Count 14 (+ 1)
`((t1,CVOL1),(t2,CVOL2)...)`% Row Count 15 (+ 1)
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