saveabaqus.m

function saveabaqus(node, face, elem, fname, heading)
%
% saveabaqus(node,fname)
% saveabaqus(node,face,fname)
% saveabaqus(node,face,elem,fname)
%
% save a tetrahedral and/or surface mesh as an ABAQUS input file
%
% author: Qianqian Fang, <q.fang at neu.edu>
% date: 2012/07/05
%
% input:
%      node: input, surface node list, dimension (nn,3)
%      face: input, surface face element list, dimension (be,3)
%      elem: input, tetrahedral element list, dimension (ne,4)
%      fname: output file name
%      heading: optional, a descriptive string for the mesh
%
% -- this function is part of iso2mesh toolbox (http://iso2mesh.sf.net)
%

if (nargin == 2)
    fname = face;
    face = [];
    elem = [];
end

if (nargin == 3)
    fname = elem;
    elem = [];
end

fid = fopen(fname, 'wt');
if (fid == -1)
    error('You do not have permission to save mesh files.');
end

fprintf(fid, '*HEADING\n');
if (exist('heading', 'var'))
    fprintf(fid, '**%s\n', heading);
end
fprintf(fid, '*PREPRINT,MODEL=NO,HISTORY=NO,ECHO=NO\n');

if (~isempty(node))
    node = [(1:size(node, 1))' node(:, 1:3)];
    fprintf(fid, '*NODE, NSET=MeshNode\n');
    fprintf(fid, '%d,\t%e,\t%e,\t%e\n', node');
end

if (~isempty(elem))
    if (size(elem, 2) == 4)
        elem(:, 5) = 0;
        labels = 0;
    elseif (size(elem, 2) < 4)
        error('elem must have at least 4 columns');
    else
        labels = unique(elem(:, 5));
    end
    len = length(labels);
    count = 0;
    elsetall = '';
    for i = 1:len
        idx = find(elem(:, 5) == labels(i));
        fprintf(fid, '*ELEMENT, ELSET=MeshTetra%d, TYPE=C3D4\n', labels(i));
        fprintf(fid, '%d,\t%d,\t%d,\t%d,\t%d\n', [count + (1:length(idx))' elem(idx, 1:4)]');
        count = count + length(idx);
        if (length(elsetall) == 0)
            elsetall = ['MeshTetra' num2str(labels(i))];
        else
            elsetall = sprintf('%s,MeshTetra%d', elsetall, labels(i));
        end
    end
    if (length(elsetall))
        fprintf(fid, '*ELSET, ELSET=MeshTetraAll\n%s\n', elsetall);
    end
end

if (~isempty(face))
    if (size(face, 2) == 3)
        face(:, 4) = 0;
        labels = 0;
    elseif (size(face, 2) < 3)
        error('face must have at least 3 columns');
    else
        labels = unique(face(:, 4));
    end
    len = length(labels);
    if (exist('count', 'var') == 0)
        count = 0;
    end
    elsetall = '';
    for i = 1:len
        idx = find(face(:, 4) == labels(i));
        fprintf(fid, '*ELEMENT, ELSET=MeshTri%d, TYPE=S3R\n', labels(i));
        fprintf(fid, '%d,\t%d,\t%d,\t%d\n', [count + (1:length(idx))' face(idx, 1:3)]');
        count = count + length(idx);
        if (length(elsetall) == 0)
            elsetall = ['MeshTetra' num2str(labels(i))];
        else
            elsetall = sprintf('%s,MeshTri%d', elsetall, labels(i));
        end
    end
    if (length(elsetall))
        fprintf(fid, '*ELSET, ELSET=MeshTriAll\n%s\n', elsetall);
    end
end

fclose(fid);