You may also want to look at the keyword *NODE PRINT. Make a set out of the point that you want to keep track of. You can have it print out the information at a desired frequency.
HTH
Dan.
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Abaqus@..., Dave Lindeman <ddlindeman@...> wrote:
>
> You could define a reference point at the location you are interested
> in, then associate a dummy mass element with this point. Tie the point
> to the rest of the model using a constraint equation, and request
> history output at this point.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave
>
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>
> dm.mulvihill wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I would like to output the displacement history for a particular point
> > which is at a given distance from a surface.
> >
> > I know that I can request history output for a nearby node. But how can
> > I get history output for the point at its exact position?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Daniel
> >
> >
>
