In order to use Abaqus Viewer to examine the cohesive material damage information generated by Simulation Composite Analysis (such as the damage state and failure index), you must request that state variables (SDV) be printed in the Abaqus output (.odb) file.
- Open the Edit Field Output Request dialog box by selecting from the main toolbar and selecting Edit in the dialog box that appears.
- Add SDV to the list of Output Variables by checking the SDV box as shown below. The state variables will now be printed in the Abaqus output (.odb) file.
- Tip: To decrease the size of the .odb file and decrease the time spent writing data to the .odb file, it is good practice to output only the variables that will be used in post-processing. As shown below, several of the default Output Variables have been unselected.
