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odb.rootAssembly.instances['instance_name'].nodeSets['node_set_name'].nodes property

This returns a list of all nodes in the supplied node set.

The nodes can be used to arrange the nodes along the path.

The function sequenceFromLabels(). This function accepts a list of node labels and reorders the nodes in the node set so that they match the labels in the list.

for example:

from odbAccess import *

# Open the odb file

odb = openOdb('example.odb')

# Get the node set

node_set = odb.rootAssembly.instances['instance_name'].nodeSets['node_set_name']

# Get the list of node labels

node_labels = [node.label for node in node_set.nodes]

# Reorder the nodes based on the labels

node_set.nodes.sequenceFromLabels(node_labels)

# Close the odb file

odb.close()

You may then use this node set to build the XY data plot and design your route.

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In Abaqus, you can use the Python scripting interface to access and manipulate the model data, including the path node list. Here is an example of how you can get the path node list for a specific edge set:

from abaqus import *

from abaqusConstants import *

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2. Next, you will need to access the model and the specific edge set using the mdb and odb modules:

# Access the current model

myModel = mdb.models.values()[0]

# Access the specific edge set

myEdgeSet = myModel.rootAssembly.sets['myEdgeSetName']

3. To get the nodes that belong to the edge set, you can use the getNodes method of the edge set object:

# Get the nodes that belong to the edge set

myNodes = myEdgeSet.getNodes()

4. Now you can use the myNodes to create a path node list along the path, you can use the findAt method of the path object to get the nodes that belong to the path. The findAt method takes a tuple of the x, y, and z coordinates of the node.

# Create a new path

myPath = myModel.rootAssembly.Path(name='myPath', edges=myEdgeSet, fixedStep=0.1, distributionType=UNIFORM)

# Get the nodes that belong to the path

pathNodes = myPath.findAt(myNodes)

5. Now you have the path node list in order of the path, you can use the pathNodes to extract the XY data of the path, or use it for any other purpose.