The output request managers

Abaqus/CAE provides separate managers for field output requests and history output requests. The output request managers are step-dependent managers, which means that they contain information concerning the status of each output request in each step of the analysis and allow you to control the propagation of requests across the sequence of steps. For more information, see What are step-dependent managers?.

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What are step-dependent managers?
What is the difference between field output and history output?

The Field Output Requests Manager and the History Output Requests Manager contain lists of all of the output requests that you have created. For example, the Field Output Requests Manager is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. The Field Output Requests Manager.

After you select the step, the Create button in the two managers allows you to create a new output request during that step. Similarly, the Edit, Copy, Rename, and Delete buttons allow you to edit, copy, rename, and delete the selected output request. You can also initiate the create, edit, copy, rename, and delete procedures using the OutputField Output Requests and OutputHistory Output Requests submenus in the main menu bar.

You can use the Copy button in the Field Output Requests Manager and the History Output Requests Manager (or the corresponding menu commands or Model Tree) to copy an output request. You can copy an output request from any step to any valid step, with some restrictions. For more details, see Copying step-dependent objects using manager dialog boxes.

The Move Left, Move Right, Activate, and Deactivate buttons allow you to control the propagation of output requests over the course of an analysis. For more information, see Modifying the history of a step-dependent object.

You can use the icons in the column along the left side of the managers to suppress output requests or to resume previously suppressed output requests for an analysis. The suppress and resume procedures are also available from the OutputField Output Requests and OutputHistory Output Requests submenus in the main menu bar. For more information, see Suppressing and resuming objects.