Exporting Field Data

Export Field Data lets you export a customized set of field data to a .csv file for later analysis in programs such as Microsoft Excel.


Before you begin: Complete a simulation and plot the variable and field definition for the data that you want to export.
  1. Optional: Enter a descriptive Name.
  2. Select the Plot and Field Definition options to confirm that the plot is showing the plot from which you want to export data.
  3. To save the field data as a PLM document, do the following:
    1. From the Target field, select PLM document.
    2. Optional: Enter a descriptive name for the document in the Document field that appears.
  4. To save the field data as a file on your computer or to a location on your network, do the following:
    1. From the Target field, select File on disk.
    2. Specify the file name and location in the File field that appears.
  5. Optional: Select Deformed to export field data for the deformed element values.
  6. Optional: Select Export Exterior Values Only to export field data for elements on the model surface only.
  7. Optional: Select Exclude entities with no values to omits entities without values for the selected output variable from the exported field data.

The exported plot opens in your default text file program and becomes available for selection in the Tabular Field Exports sections of the tree and the Feature Manager.