Abaqus - Free Body Diagrams

•	Results are supported through the .odb output file.

•	Grid point force results are requested with the following output requests:

*NODE OUTPUT

*ELEMENT OUTPUT

NFORC

•	Displacement results are requested with the following output request:

*NODE OUTPUT

•	It is recommended practice to output data for only the node/element set(s) of interest. This procedure reduces the size of the solver results file and helps speed up the FBD extractions.

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Abaqus rigid elements, *Rigid bodies, *Coupling constraints, *MPC, *Fastener and *Equations do not export forces and moments. If any of these are attached to the element set of interest, all elements attached to them must be included in the element set to insure the GPF balance is correct. If they are not included, an imbalance will occur. Refer to the Abaqus documentation to determine these elements/bodies. Make sure to check the validity of all GPF results when any of these are present in the model.

•	The FBD Export Manager is currently not supported for Abaqus.