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*CONTACT OUTPUT

Keyword type: step

This option is used to print selected nodal contact variables in file jobname.frd for subsequent viewing by CalculiX GraphiX. It is provided for compatibility reasons with ABAQUS. The options and its use are identical with the *CONTACT FILE keyword.

    Example:

    *CONTACT OUTPUT,TIME POINTS=T1
    CDIS,CSTR

requests the storage of the relative contact displacements and contact stresses in the .frd file for all time points defined by the T1 time points sequence.

Example files: .