Writing Nodal Output to the Output Database

The nodal variables that can be written to the output database are defined in Nodal Variables (Abaqus/Standard) and Nodal Variables (Abaqus/Explicit).

For history output you must specify the node set (or, in Abaqus/Explicit, the tracer set) for which output is being requested. For field output the specification of the node set or tracer set is optional; if you do not specify a node set or tracer set, the output will be written for all the nodes in the model.

You can select output on the node set consisting of all the exterior nodes in the model. This node set is generated internally by Abaqus and includes all the nodes that belong to the exterior three-dimensional elements.

The frequency of nodal output is controlled as described in Controlling the Frequency of Output to the Output Database.

The precision of nodal output is controlled as described in Controlling the Precision of Element and Nodal Output.

You can request the preselected, procedure-specific nodal output variables described in Preselected Output Requests. In this case you can specify additional variables as part of the output request.

Alternatively, you can request all nodal variables applicable to the current procedure type. In this case any additional variables you specify are ignored.

For nodal variables 1, 2, and 3 refer to the global directions X, Y, and Z, respectively. For axisymmetric elements 1 and 2 refer to the global directions r and z. Nodal field results are written to the output database in the global directions. If a local coordinate system is defined at a node (see Transformed Coordinate Systems), the local nodal transformations are written to the output database as well.

For nodal variables 1, 2, and 3 refer to the global directions X, Y, and Z, respectively. For axisymmetric elements 1 and 2 refer to the global directions r and z. Nodal history results are written to the output database in the global directions unless a local coordinate system has been defined at a node (see Transformed Coordinate Systems). In this case you can specify whether output is desired in global or local directions.