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DynPlot window: Action > Export Time History Data

Exports the dynamic analysis time history data for the selected load case to a text file. The text file uses a file extension of .tout. You can use this time history data for post processing.

The software sequentially exports each time step for all elements in the model. Header information provides the number of elements, the number of time steps, the time step increment, the units used, the vertical axis, and the load case. Each line of time history data contains:

  1. The relative time of export of the line.

  2. The From and To node numbers for the element.

  3. The displacements at the From and To nodes.

  4. The forces and moments at the From and To nodes.

  5. The code stress, the allowable stress, and the SIF at the From and To nodes.

  • If you run Export Time History Data again in the same session for a different load case, the software appends the new data to the .tout file.

  • The data exported to the .tout file is the same data displayed by Action > Element Viewer .