Hello,

By opening a new .cae model, then right clicking on the Part icon and then Import icon. Select .odb as the type and chose the corresponding file. Make sure to toggle on the deformed configuration. After this I created a new material and assign it to the deformed geometry, as I do usually... hope this answers your question.

Sami

Sami, that really helped much.

Best regards.

I am facing the same issue, the error being not having the same material properties in the second simulation. However, i wanted to ask that if the instances which will be imported as parts, need to be again joined in assembly (dependent on parts) and continue the modeling as same before.

Should predefined field be used as is required to import previous field?

The bottomline, basically, is should I have to do the exact same modeling after importing as deformed mesh? I would be grateful if you help in this regard.

hi Sami Ham,ade

If i import the part from the odb file with the deformed configuration, is it the result information will be carried to the new model, such as stress distribution or contact pressure.

thanks.

Hello Zheng Charles Cui ,

If you import the deformed configuration, the deformed orphan mesh will be introduced into your current model as a part. The orphan mesh part only contains the elements and nodes from the odb (i.e., geometry properties, nodes locations). Information on S,E,U etc. can be introduced into the new model by using mesh to mesh solution mapping (*map solution). You may want to find further details in the Abaqus Analysis Manual.

The other way is to report the field outputs (for example, stresses) from .odb file and save as a .csv file. Then edit keywords in the input file of your new model, reading the .csv file to set the initial condition ( *initial conditions,type=stress,input=extractedstress.csv).

Hope this could help, thanks!

Regards,

Xiaoyu

Hello Xiaoyu Dong ,

Thanks a lot, its really helpful.

regards