Generate ABAQUS compatible INP file

Hello,

Has anybody attempted to write a translator for Salome that will create an ABAQUS campatible input deck, so that the problem can be sent to ABAQUS or Calculix (CCX) solvers? Or does anybody know of a way to translate UNV (or MED) files into INP files for CCX?

Also are there any means (or planned means) to support reading *.frd output files that CCX generates into Salome? I noticed that the CAELinux Beta2 (?) plans to package a number CAE packages into one release including Calculix, et al. Is a simplistic form of interconnectivity being contemplated for that release?

Thanks in advance for any help or information
JMB

Hi,
up to now there is no translator I know of. I would like to work on it (time and skills permitting).
Don't keep your breath in the meanwhile...

Hi,
I compiled and tested mdump, an utility available in MED. It simply converts the med file to a text file. I guess it would be possible to adapt the mdump, or combine it with a script in order to convert a mesh in a Calulix comptible format.
My worry is the way salome generates the mesh. If you mesh a solid from Salome you get also the 1D mesh of the edges and the 2D mesh of the faces. This is not Calculix friendly. It is possible to delete the non used mesh before exporting. I don't know it there are other simpler options.

Your point about the way salome generates solid and line elements at the same time is quite valid. I think some generation filters are needed. (As well as delete and select filters). I have not tried it yet, but I wonder if you can assign eack class of element to its own group, then post that group alone into the GUI and select all visible elements and delete. The question is; will salome delete the other npn posted groups as well.

In Salome you can filter in the GUI the element type, and using the groups you will be able to separate the one that should be deleted.
On the other hand regenerating the mesh (for example in order to have a finer one) will ask you to delete once more the elements.
I wonder if it is possible to export everything and selectively convert only the elements you need (for example by filtering the group names...).
Anyone knows when the next Salome version will be ready, and it there will be changes in the mesh export functions?
The unv file can handle the groups (even if Salome at the moment doesn't use this capability), and it might prove easier to handle a text file than a binary..