Example

Creating a model of an overhead hoist with ABAQUS/CAE

Schematic of an overhead hoist.

• The hoist is a simple, pin-jointed framework that is constrained

at the left end and mounted on rollers at the right end.
• The members can rotate freely at the joints.
• The frame is prevented from moving out of plane.
• A simulation is performed to determine the structure's deflection
and the peak stress in its members when a 10 kN load is
applied.

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This example leads you through the ABAQUS/CAE modeling process
by visiting each of the modules and showing you the basic steps used
to create and analyze a simple model.

Part
Sketch the two-dimensional geometry and create a part representing
the frame.
Property
Define the material properties and section properties of the frame.
Assembly
Assemble the model.
Step
Configure the analysis procedure and output requests.
Load
Apply loads and boundary conditions to the frame.
Mesh
Mesh the frame.
Job
Create a job and submit it for analysis.
Visualization
View the results of the analysis.

A replay file for will be auto-generated, when run in ABAQUS/CAE, it

creates the complete analysis model for this problem.

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Creating a part

• You will start the overhead hoist problem by creating a two-

dimensional, deformable wire part.

• You do this by sketching the geometry of the frame.

• ABAQUS/CAE automatically enters the Sketcher when you

create a part.

Messages:
• ABAQUS/CAE often displays a short message in the prompt
area indicating what you should do next.

• Messages and instructions are displayed in the prompt area.

• Click the cancel button to cancel the current task.
• Click the previous button to cancel the current step in the task
and return to the previous step.

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 Working Steps

1. Start ABAQUS/CAE
2. Select “Create Model Database” from the “Start Session”
dialog box that appears
3. ABAQUS/CAE enters the “Part” module.
• The “Part module toolbox” is displayed in the middle (to
the left side of the ABAQUS/CAE main window) and The
“Model Tree” appears in the left side.
4. To create a part, select “Part-Create” from the main menu bar
or double-click the Parts container In the Model Tree
• The “Create Part” dialog box appears. Use it :
• to name the part;
• to choose its modeling space, type, and base feature; and
• to set the approximate size.
• You can edit and rename a part, change its modeling space
and type after you create it, but not its base feature.
• Name the part “Frame”.
• Choose a two-dimensional planar deformable body and a
wire base feature.
• In the “Approximate size” text field, type 4.0.

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5. Click Continue to exit the Create Part dialog box.
• ABAQUS/CAE automatically enters the Sketcher.
• The Sketcher toolbox appears in the left side of the main
window, and the Sketcher grid appears in the viewport.
• The Sketcher contains a set of basic tools that allow you to
sketch the two-dimensional profile of your part.
• To finish using any tool, click mouse button 2 in the viewport
or select a new tool.
• Dashed lines indicate the X - and Y -axes of the sketch and
intersect at the origin of the sketch.
• A triad in the lower-left corner of the viewport indicates the
relationship between the sketch plane and the orientation of
the part.
6. Use the “Create Isolated Point” tool, located in the upper
left corner of the Sketcher toolbox, to begin sketching the
geometry of the frame by defining isolated points.
• Create three points with the following coordinates: (-1.0, 0.0),
(0.0, 0.0), and (1.0, 0.0).
• The positions of these points represent the locations of the
joints on the bottom of the frame.
• Click mouse button 2 anywhere in the viewport to exit the
isolated point tool.

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7. The positions of the points on the top of the frame are not
obvious but can be easily determined by making use of the fact
that the frame members form 60° angles with each other.
• To create angular construction line, do the following:
• Note the small black triangles at the base of some of the
toolbox icons. These triangles indicate the presence of
hidden icons that can be revealed.
• Click the “Create Construction: Horizontal Line Thru
Point” tool located on the middle-left of the Sketcher
toolbox, but do not release mouse button 1.
• Additional icons appear.
• Without releasing mouse button 1, drag the cursor along
the set of icons that appear until you reach the “Line at an
Angle” tool .
• Then release the mouse button to select that tool. The
angular construction line drawing tool appears in the
toolbox
• Enter 60.0 in the prompt area as the angle the construction
line will make with the horizontal.
• Place the cursor at the point whose coordinates are (-1.0,0.0),
and click mouse button 1 to create the construction line.

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8. Similarly, create construction lines through the other two points
created in Step 6.

• Create another angular construction line at 60° with respect to

the horizontal at the point whose coordinates are (0.0, 0.0).
• Create two angular construction lines oriented 120° with respect
to the horizontal at the points (0.0, 0.0) and (1.0, 0.0). (You will
have to exit the drawing tool by clicking mouse button 2 in the
viewport and then reselect the tool to enter another angle value.)
• The sketch with the isolated points and construction lines

Frame construction geometry: points and lines.

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 9. Create geometry lines to define the frame.
• Using the “Create Lines: Connected” tool located in the
upper-right corner of the Sketcher toolbox, connect the points
with geometry lines.
• Remember to also create the geometry lines representing the
internal truss bracing.

The final sketch:

Frame geometry sketch.

10. From the prompt area (near the bottom of the main window),
click Done to exit the Sketcher.

Note:
If you don't see the Done button in the prompt area, continue to click
mouse button 2 in the viewport until it appears.

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Remark:

If you make a mistake while using the Sketcher, you can delete
lines in your sketch, as explained in the following procedure:
a. From Sketcher toolbox, click “Delete Entities” tool .

b. In the sketch, click on a line to select it. ABAQUS/CAE

highlights the selected line in red.
c. Click mouse button 2 in the viewport to delete the selected
line.
d. Repeat steps b and c as often as necessary.
e. Click mouse button 2 in the viewport or click Done in the
prompt area to finish using the “Delete Entities” tool.

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 Saving Model

11. Before you continue, save your model in a model database file.

• From the main menu bar, select File Save .

• The “Save Model Database As” dialog box appears.
• Type a name (without extension) for the new model database in
the “Selection” field, and click OK. ABAQUS/CAE
automatically appends .cae to the file name.
• ABAQUS/CAE stores the model database in a new file and
returns to the Part module. The path and name of your model
database appear in the main window title bar.
• You should always save your model database at regular
intervals (for example, each time you switch modules);
ABAQUS/CAE does not save your model database
automatically.

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 Creating a material

• You use the “Property” module to create a material.

• Thus, you will create a single linear elastic material with Young's
modulus of 200 GPa and Poisson's ratio of 0.3..

To define a material:
• In the “Module” list, select the “Property” module.
• From the main menu bar, select “Material - Create”l.
• The “Create Material” dialog box appears.
• Name the material Steel , and click “Continue”.
• The material editor appears.

Alternatively:
• In the Model Tree, double-click the “Materials” container to
create a new material.
• ABAQUS/CAE switches to the Property module,
• The “Edit Material” dialog box appears.
• Name the material Steel.

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Use the menu bar under the browser area of the material editor to
reveal menus containing all the available material options.
• Some of the menu items contain submenus; e.g. the options
available under the “Mechanical Elasticity” menu item.

Submenus available under the “Mechanical Elasticity” menu.

• From the material editor's menu bar, select

“Mechanical Elasticity Elastic”.
• ABAQUS/CAE displays the Elastic data form.
• Type a value of 200.0E9 for Young's modulus and a value of
0.3 for Poisson's ratio in the respective fields.
• Click OK to exit the material editor.

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Defining a truss section:

• A truss section definition requires only a material reference and

the cross-sectional area.
• In the Model Tree, double-click the Sections container to create
a section OR from the main menu bar, select “Section-Create”.
• The “Create Section” dialog box appears.
• In the “Create Section” dialog box: Name the section
FrameSection.
• In the “Category” list, select “Beam” .
• In the Type list, select “Truss”.
• Click Continue . > The Edit Section dialog box appears.

In the Edit Section dialog box:

• Accept the default selection of Steel for the Material associated
with the section.
• In the “Cross-sectional area” field, enter a value of 1.963E-5.
• Click OK .

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Assigning the section to the frame:
• From the main menu bar, select “Assign Section” .
Alternatively
• In the Model Tree, clicki the “ ” symbol to expand the Parts
container, then click the “ ” symbol to expand the Frame item.
• Double-click Section Assignments in the list of part attributes
that appears.
• ABAQUS/CAE displays prompts in the prompt area to guide you
through the procedure.

• Select the entire part as the region to which the section will be
applied. To do that:
o Click and hold mouse button 1 at the upper left-hand
corner of the viewport.
o Drag the mouse to create a box around the truss.
o Release mouse button 1.
• ABAQUS/CAE highlights the entire frame.
• Click mouse button 2 in the viewport or click Done in the
prompt area to accept the selected geometry.
• The “Edit Section Assignment” or “Assign Section” dialog
box appears containing a list of existing sections.
• Accept the default selection of FrameSection , and click OK .
• ABAQUS/CAE assigns the truss section to the frame and closes
the dialog box.

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 Defining the assembly

To define the assembly:

• In the “Module” list located under the toolbar, click

“Assembly” OR In the Model Tree, expand the Assembly
container and double-click Instances in the list that appears.
• From the main menu bar, select “Instance > Create” .
• The “Create Instance” dialog box appears.
• In the dialog box, select “Frame” and click OK .
• ABAQUS/CAE creates an instance of the overhead hoist.

Remarks:
• In this example the assembly is the single instance of the frame.
• A triad in the lower-left corner of the viewport indicates the
orientation of the model with respect to the view.
• A second triad in the viewport indicates the origin and
orientation of the global coordinate system (X-, Y-, and Z–axes).
• The global 1-axis is the horizontal axis of the hoist, the global 2-
axis is the vertical axis, and the global 3-axis is normal to the
plane of the framework.
• For two-dimensional problems such as this one ABAQUS
requires that the model lie in a plane parallel to the global 1-2
plane.

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 Configuring your analysis

To create a static linear perturbation analysis step:

• In the “Module” list , click “Step.
• From the main menu bar, select “Step Create”.
• OR Alternatively, In the Model Tree, double-click the Steps
container to create a step.
• The “Create Step” dialog box appears with a list of all the
general procedures and a default step name of Step-1 .
• Change the step name to Apply load .
• Select “Linear perturbation” as the Procedure type .
• From the list of available linear perturbation procedures in the
“Create Step” dialog box, select “Static, Linear perturbation”
and click Continue .
• The “Edit Step” dialog box appears with the default settings
for a static linear perturbation step.
• The “Basic” tab is selected by default.
• In the “Description” field, type 10 kN central load .
• Click the “Other” tab to see its contents; you can accept the
default values provided for the step.
• Click OK to create the step and exit the “Edit Step” dialog box.
• Note that the default output requests will be used here.

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 Boundary Conditions

• The directions in which motion is possible are called degrees of

freedom (dof).

Labeling convention

for displacement and rotational degrees of freedom

Applying boundary conditions:

• The bottom-left portion of the frame is constrained completely.
• The bottom-right portion of the frame is fixed in the vertical
direction but is free to move in the horizontal direction.

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Procedure for Applying boundary conditions:

• In the Module list, click Load to enter the “Load” module.

• From the main menu bar, select BC > Create .
• Alternatively, In the Model Tree, double-click the BCs container
• The Create Boundary Condition dialog box appears.
• In the Create Boundary Condition dialog box: Name the
boundary condition Fixed .
• From the list of steps, select Initial as the step in which the
boundary condition will be activated.
• All the mechanical boundary conditions specified in the Initial
step must have zero magnitudes.
• This condition is enforced automatically by ABAQUS/CAE .
• In the Category list, accept Mechanical as the default category
selection.
• In the Types for Selected Step list, select
Displacement/Rotation , and click Continue .
• In the viewport, select the vertex at the bottom-left corner of the
frame as the region to which the boundary condition will be
applied.
• Click mouse button 2 in the viewport or click Done in the
prompt area to indicate that you have finished selecting regions.
• The Edit Boundary Condition dialog box appears.

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• In the dialog box: Toggle on U1 and U2 since all translational
degrees of freedom need to be constrained.
• Click OK to create the boundary condition and to close the
dialog box.
• ABAQUS/CAE displays two arrowheads at the vertex to indicate
the constrained degrees of freedom.
• Repeat the above procedure to constrain degree of freedom U2
at the vertex at the bottom-right corner of the frame.
• Name this boundary condition Roller .
• From the main menu bar, select BC Manager or alternatively,
In the Model Tree, click mouse button 3 on the BCs container
and select Manager from the menu that appears.
• ABAQUS/CAE displays the Boundary Condition Manager .
• The manager indicates that the boundary conditions are Created
(activated) in the initial step and are Propagated from base
state (continue to be active) in the analysis step Apply load .
• Click Dismiss to close the Boundary Condition Manager .

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Applying a load to the frame:

In this simulation a concentrated force of 10 kN is applied in the

negative 2-direction to the bottom center of the frame;
the load is applied during the linear perturbation step you created
earlier.

Procedure for applying a load to the frame:

• From the main menu bar, select Load Manager, alternatively,
In the Model Tree, click mouse button 3 on the Loads container
and select Manager from the menu that appears..
• At the bottom of the Load Manager, click Create .
• The Create Load dialog box appears.
• In the Create Load dialog box: Name the load Force .
• From the list of steps, select Apply load as the step in which
the load will be applied.
• In the Category list, accept Mechanical as the default category
selection.
• In the Type for Selected Step list, accept the default selection
of Concentrated force .
• Click Continue .
• In the prompt area, you are asked to select a region to which the
load will be applied.

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• In the viewport, select the vertex at the bottom center of the
frame as the region where the load will be applied.
• Click mouse button 2 in the viewport or click Done in the
prompt area to indicate that you have finished selecting regions.
• The Edit Load dialog box appears.
• In the dialog box: Enter a magnitude of -10000.0 for CF2 .
• Click OK to create the load and to close the dialog box.
• Click Dismiss to close the Load Manager .
• ABAQUS/CAE displays a downward-pointing arrow at the vertex
to indicate that the load is applied in the negative 2-direction.
• Examine the Load Manager and note that the new load is
Created (activated) in the analysis step Apply load.
• Click Dismiss to close the Load Manager.

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 Meshing the model

To assign an ABAQUS element type:

• In the Module list, click Mesh to enter the Mesh module.

Alternatively, In the Model Tree, expand the Frame item
underneath the Parts container. Then double-click Mesh in the
list that appears.
• From the main menu bar, select Mesh Element Type.
• In the viewport, select the entire frame as the region to be
assigned an element type.
• In the prompt area, click Done when you are finished.
• The Element Type dialog box appears.
• In the dialog box, select the following:
o Standard as the Element Library selection (the default).
o Linear as the Geometric Order (the default).
o Truss as the Family of elements.
• In the lower portion of the dialog box, examine the element
shape options.
• In the Line tabbed page, accept the default element type.
• A description of type T2D2 appears in the dialog box.
• ABAQUS/CAE will now associate T2D2 type with the mesh.
• Click OK to assign the element type and close the dialog box.
• In the prompt area, click Done to end the procedure.

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 Creating the mesh
• From the main menu bar, select Seed Part to seed the part
instance.
• The Global Seeds dialog box appears. The dialog box displays
the default element size that ABAQUS/CAE will use to seed the
part instance.
• This default element size is based on the size of the part
instance
• A relatively large seed value will be used so that only one
element will be created per region
• In the Global Seeds dialog box, specify an approximate global
element size of 1.0, and click OK to create the seeds and to
close the dialog box.
• From the main menu bar, select Mesh Part to mesh the part
instance.
• From the buttons in the prompt area, click Yes to confirm that
you want to mesh the part instance.
• You can display the node and element numbers within the
Mesh module by selecting View Part Display Options from
the main menu bar.
• Toggle on Show node labels and Show element labels in
the Mesh tabbed page of the Part Display Options dialog
box that appears.

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Creating an analysis job:

• In the Module list located under the toolbar, click Job to enter
the Job module.
o From the main menu bar, select Job Manager .
o The Job Manager appears.
o In the Job Manager , click Create .
• Alternatively, in the Model Tree, double-click the Jobs container.
• The Create Job dialog box appears with a list of the models in
the model database. When you are finished defining your job,
the Jobs container will display a list of your jobs.
• Name the job Frame , and click Continue .
• The Edit Job dialog box appears.
• In the Description field, type Two-dimensional overhead
hoist frame .
• In the Submission tabbed page, select Full analysis.as the
Job Type.
• Click OK to accept all other default job settings in the job editor
and to close the dialog box.

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To run the analysis:

• From the buttons on the right edge of the Job Manager, click
Submit to submit your job for analysis.
• Alternatively, in the Model Tree, click mouse button 3 on the job
named Frame and select Submit from the menu that appears to
submit your job for analysis.
• After you submit your job, the information in the Status column
updates to indicate the job's status.
• The Status column for the overhead hoist problem shows one
of the following:
Submitted while the job is being submitted for analysis.
Running while ABAQUS analyzes the model.
Completed when the analysis is complete, and the output
has been written to the output database.
Aborted if ABAQUS/CAE finds a problem with the input
file or the analysis and aborts the analysis.
• Also, ABAQUS/CAE reports problems in the message area
• During the analysis, ABAQUS/Standard sends information to
ABAQUS/CAE to allow you to monitor the progress of the job.
• Information from the status, data, log, and message files
appear in the job monitor dialog box.

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To monitor the status of a job:
• From the buttons on the right edge of the Job Manager, click
Monitor to open the job monitor dialog box. (This button will be
unavailable until the job status is Submitted)
• Alternatively, in the Model Tree, click mouse button 3 on the job
named Frame and select Monitor from the menu that appears
to open the job monitor dialog box.
• The top half of the dialog box displays the information available
in the status (.sta) file that ABAQUS creates for the analysis.
• The bottom half of the dialog box displays the following
information:
• Click the Log tab to display the start and end times for the
analysis that appear in the log ( . log ) file.
• Click the Errors and Warnings tabs to display the first
ten errors or the first ten warnings that appear in the data
(. dat ) and message ( . msg ) files.

• If a particular region of the model is causing the error or

warning, a node or element set will be created automatically that
contains that region.
• The name of the node or element set appears with the error or
warning message, and you can view the set using display
groups in the Visualization module.

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• It will not be possible to perform the analysis until the causes of
any error messages are corrected.
• You should always investigate the reason for any warning
messages to determine whether corrective action is needed or
whether such messages can be ignored safely.
• If more than ten errors or warnings are encountered, information
regarding the additional errors and warnings can be obtained
from the printed output files themselves.
• Click the Output tab to display a record of each output data
entry as it is written to the output database.
• When the analysis is complete, you will find that a number of
files are created by ABAQUS. If any errors are encountered
during the analysis, messages will be written to the data file,
Frame.dat or the message file Frame.msg.
• The data and message files are text files that can be viewed in
an editor or printed.
• Try viewing these files in a text editor.
• Hint: in MS Windows, right clikck and use the “open with” option
to select the text editor and avoid the default file types.

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Postprocessing with ABAQUS/CAE

• The Visualization module of ABAQUS/CAE (also licensed

separately as ABAQUS/Viewer) allows you to view the results
graphically using a variety of methods, including deformed
shape plots, contour plots, vector plots, animations, and X-Y
plots.
• For this example you will use the Visualization module to do
some basic model checks and to display the deformed shape of
the frame.
• When the job completes successfully, you are ready to view the
results of the analysis with the Visualization module.
• From the buttons on the right edge of the Job Manager, click
Results. ABAQUS/CAE loads the Visualization module, opens
the output database created by the job.
• Alternatively, in the Model Tree, click mouse button 3 on the job
named Frame and select Results from the menu that appears.
• A fast plot of the model will be displayed.
• A fast plot is a basic representation of the undeformed model
shape and is an indication that you have opened the desired file.
• Alternatively, you can click Visualization in the Module list
located under the toolbar, select File->Open, select Frame.odb
from the list of available output database files, and click OK.

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Important Note:
The fast plot does not display results and cannot be customized, for
example, to display element and node numbers. You must display the
undeformed model shape to customize the appearance of the model.

The title block at the bottom of the viewport indicates the following:
• ·The description of the model (from the job description).
• ·The name of the output database (from the name of the
analysis job).
• ·The product name (ABAQUS/Standard or ABAQUS/Explicit)
and version used to generate the output database.
• ·The date the output database was last modified.

The state block at the bottom of the viewport indicates the following:
• ·Which step is being displayed.
• ·The increment within the step.
• ·The step time.

The view orientation triad indicates the orientation of the model in the
global coordinate system.
You can suppress the display of and customize the title block, state
block, and view orientation triad by selecting Viewport Viewport
Annotation Options from the main menu bar

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Displaying and customizing an undeformed shape plot

Now, we will display the undeformed model shape and use the plot
options to enable the display of node and element numbering.

From the main menu bar, select Plot Undeformed Shape; or use
the tool in the toolbox. The undeformed model shape is displayed.

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To display node numbers:

1.From the main menu bar, select Options Undeformed Shape.

The Undeformed Shape Plot Options dialog box appears.
2.Click the Labels tab.
3.Toggle on Show node labels.
4.Click Apply.

ABAQUS/CAE applies the change and keeps the dialog box open.
The customized undeformed plot is shown in Figure
(your node numbers may be different depending on the order in which
you sketched the frame members).

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To display element numbers:

1. In the Labels tabbed page of the Undeformed Shape Plot

Options dialog box, toggle on Show element labels.
2. Click OK.

ABAQUS/CAE applies the change and closes the dialog box.

The resulting plot is shown (your element numbers may be different
depending on the order in which you sketched the frame members).

To disable the display of node and element numbers in the

undeformed shape plot, repeat the above procedure and, under
Labels, toggle off Show node labels and Show element labels.

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Displaying and customizing a deformed shape plot

• You will now display the deformed model shape and use the plot
options to change the deformation scale factor and overlay the
undeformed model shape on the deformed model shape.
• From the main menu bar, select Plot Deformed Shape; or use
the tool in the toolbox. ABAQUS/CAE displays the deformed
model shape, as shown in Figure.

For small-displacement analyses the displacements are scaled

automatically to ensure that they are clearly visible. The scale factor
is displayed in the state block. In this case the displacements have
been scaled by a factor of 42.83.

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To change the deformation scale factor:

1.From the main menu bar, select Options Deformed Shape.

2.From the Deformed Shape Plot Options dialog box, click the
Basic tab if it is not already selected.
3.From the Deformation Scale Factor area, toggle on Uniform and
enter 10.0 in the Value field.
4.Click Apply to redisplay the deformed shape.

The state block displays the new scale factor.

To return to automatic scaling of the displacements, repeat the

above procedure and, in the Deformation Scale Factor field, toggle
on Auto-compute.

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To overlay the undeformed shape on the deformed shape:

1.In the Basic tabbed page of the Deformed Shape Plot Options
dialog box, toggle on Superimpose undeformed plot.
2.Click OK.

By default, ABAQUS/CAE plots the undeformed model shape in

green and the deformed model shape in white. The plot is shown in
Figure.

You can use ABAQUS/CAE to check that the input data are correct
before running the simulation. You have already learned how to
check mesh and to display the node and element numbers. These
are useful tools for checking that ABAQUS is using the correct mesh.

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To display boundary conditions on the undeformed model:

1.From the main menu bar, select Plot Undeformed Shape; or use
the tool in the toolbox.
2.From the main menu bar, select View ODB Display Options.
3.In the ODB Display Options dialog box, click the Entity Display
tab.
4.Toggle on Show boundary conditions.
5.Click OK.

ABAQUS/CAE displays symbols to indicate the applied boundary

conditions, as shown in Figure.

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Tabular data reports

In addition to the graphical capabilities described above,

ABAQUS/CAE allows you to write data to a text file in a tabular
format. This feature is a convenient alternative to writing tabular
output to the data (.dat) file. Output generated this way has many
uses; for example, it can be used in written reports. In this problem
you will generate a report containing the element stresses, nodal
displacements, and reaction forces.

To generate field data reports:

• From the main menu bar, select Report Field Output.
• In the Variable tabbed page of the Report Field Output dialog
box, accept the default position labeled Integration Point. Click
the triangle next to S: Stress components to expand the list of
available variables. From this list, toggle on S11.
• In the Setup tabbed page, name the report Frame.rpt. In the
Data region at the bottom of the page, toggle off Column totals.
• Click Apply.
• The element stresses are written to the report file.
• In the Variable tabbed page of the Report Field Output dialog
box, change the position to Unique Nodal. Toggle off S: Stress
components, and select U1 and U2 from the list of available U:
Spatial displacement variables.

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• Click Apply.
• The nodal displacements are appended to the report file.
• In the Variable tabbed page of the Report Field Output dialog
box, toggle off U: Spatial displacement, and select RF1 and
RF2 from the list of available RF: Reaction force variables.
• In the Data region at the bottom of the Setup tabbed page,
toggle on Column totals.
• Click OK.
• The reaction forces are appended to the report file, and the
Report Field Output dialog box closes.
• Open the file Frame.rpt in a text editor. The contents of this file
are shown below.

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Stress output:

Field Output Report

Source 1
---------
ODB: Frame.odb
Step: "Apply load"
Frame: Increment 1: Step Time = 2.2200E-16

Loc 1 : Integration point values from source 1

Output sorted by column "Element Label".

Field Output reported at integration points for Region(s) FRAME-1: solid

< STEEL >

Element Int S.S11

Label Pt @Loc 1
-------------------------------------------------
1 1 294.116E+06
2 1 -294.116E+06
3 1 147.058E+06
4 1 294.116E+06
5 1 -294.116E+06
6 1 147.058E+06
7 1 -294.116E+06

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Minimum -294.116E+06
At Element 7

Int Pt 1
Maximum 294.116E+06
At Element 4

Int Pt 1

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Displacement output:
Field Output Report

Source 1
---------

ODB: Frame.odb
Step: "Apply load"
Frame: Increment 1: Step Time = 2.2200E-16

Loc 1 : Nodal values from source 1

Output sorted by column "Node Label".
Field Output reported at nodes for Region(s) FRAME-1: solid < STEEL >

Node U.U1 U.U2

Label @Loc 1 @Loc 1
-------------------------------------------------
1 735.291E-06 -4.66972E-03
2 -975.782E-21 -2.54712E-03
3 1.47058E-03 -2.54712E-03
4 1.47058E-03 -5.E-33
5 0. -5.E-33

Minimum -975.782E-21 -4.66972E-03

At Node 2 1
Maximum 1.47058E-03 -5.E-33
At Node 4 5

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Reaction force output:
Field Output Report

Source 1
---------
ODB: Frame.odb
Step: "Apply load"
Frame: Increment 1: Step Time = 2.2200E-16

Loc 1 : Nodal values from source 1

Output sorted by column "Node Label".
Field Output reported at nodes for Region(s) FRAME-1: solid < STEEL >

Node RF.RF1 RF.RF2

Label @Loc 1 @Loc 1
-------------------------------------------------
1 0. 0.
2 0. 0.
3 0. 0.
4 0. 5.E+03
5 909.495E-15 5.E+03

Minimum 0. 0.
At Node 4 3
Maximum 909.495E-15 5.E+03
At Node 5 5
Total 909.495E-15 10.E+03

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Model Results Check

Are the nodal displacements and peak stresses in the individual

members reasonable for this hoist and these applied loads?
It is always a good idea to check that the results of the simulation
satisfy basic physical principles. In this case check that the external
forces applied to the hoist sum to zero in both the vertical and
horizontal directions.
What nodes have vertical forces applied to them? What nodes have
horizontal forces? Do the results from your simulation match those
shown here?

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