Abaqus does not have a built-in function to directly expand a path in the format shown above. However, you can write your own code to perform this expansion. Here's an example of how you might be able to do it using Python:

pythonCopy codedef expand_path(path): expanded_path = [] for item in path: if type(item) == int: expanded_path.append(item) elif type(item) == str: start, end, step = map(int, item.split(':')) if step == -1: step = -1 end -= 1 expanded_path.extend(range(start, end + 1, step)) return expanded_path path_1 = (23, '1602:1521:-1', 22, '1520:1489:-1', 21) expanded_path = expand_path(path_1) print(expanded_path)

This code uses a for loop to iterate through each item in the path. If the item is an integer, it is appended directly to the expanded_path list. If the item is a string, it is split using str.split(':'), and the start, end, and step values are extracted using the map function. The range function is used to generate a list of numbers from start to end with a step of step. This list is then extended to the expanded_path list.