*PARAMETER SHAPE VARIATION
16.3 *PARAMETERSHAPE VARIATION: Define parametric shape variations.
This option is used to define parametric shape variations.
Products: ABAQUS/Standard ABAQUS/Explicit
Type: Model data
Level: Part, Part instance
References:
•“Parametric shape variation,” Section 2.1.2of the ABAQUS A nalysisUser ’sManual
•“Design sensitivity analysis,” Section 14.1.1of theABAQUS Analysis User’s Manual
Required parameter:
PARAMETER
Set this keyword parameter equal to the name of the parameter to w hich the shape variation data
refer. If this parameter is also a design parameter, the shape variatio ns are used to define the design
gradients of the nodal coordinates for design sensitivity analysis.
Optional parameters (mutuallyexclusive-if neither parameter is specified, ABAQUS assumes
that the shape variation data will be entereddirectly on the data lines):
FILE
Set this parameter equal tothe nam e of theresults file from a previous ABAQUS/Standard analysis
containing either the mode shapes from a *BUCKLE or *FREQUENCY analysis or the nodal
displacements from a *STATICanalysis. T his option cannot be used for models defined in terms of
an assembly of part instances.
INPUT
Set this parameter equal to the name of the alternate input file containingthe shape variation data.
See “Input syntax rules,” Section 1.2.1 of the ABAQUS Analysis User ’sMa nual, for the syntax of
such file names.
Required parameter if the FILE parameter is used:
STEP
Set this parameter equal tothe step number (in the analysis whose results file is being used as input
to this option) from which the modal or displacement data are tobe read.
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