Monitoring nodes to gauge the progress of a solution (Abaqus)

In the Abaqus environment, you can monitor the progress of an overall solution through a selected node or degree of freedom. Use the Monitor modeling object dialog box to:

• Select a specific node and degree of freedom to monitor.Note: The degree of freedom you select must be valid for the selected node. For example, if the node you select belongs to a membrane element, the only active degrees of freedom are 1, 2, 3. If the degree of freedom you select is not valid, Abaqus issues an error message and the solve does not run.For Coupled Thermal-Structural and Dynamic Coupled Thermal-Structural solutions, you can monitor both structural degrees of freedom (DOF1 through DOF6) and temperature degree of freedom (DOF11).

• Control the frequency with which the software outputs the status of the node or degree of freedom.

After you create a Monitor modeling object, you can use the Monitor Request options in the Step dialog box to associate the appropriate modeling object with the step.

You can change the node or degree-of-freedom that you are monitoring in individual steps by creating multiple Monitor modeling objects.

When you solve the solution, Abaqus prints information about the node you are monitoring in the Abaqus status file (job-name.sta). The status file is a text file that contains information about the progress of an analysis. You can examine the status file as Abaqus solves the solution.

The options in the Monitor dialog box correspond to the options for the Abaqus *MONITOR keyword.

Where do I find it?

Application	Pre/Post
Prerequisites	A Simulation file as the work part and displayed partAbaqus as the specified solver Structural, Axisymmetric Structural, Dynamic Explicit, Axisymmetric Dynamic Explicit, Coupled Thermal-Structural, and Dynamic Coupled Thermal-Structural as the specified analysis type
Command Finder	Modeling Objects
Location in dialog box	Type→Monitor

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