Source code for datExtract

"""
This script should be executed from the directory that contains .dat files generated by Abaqus CAE during analysis.
It can be used to extract the critical buckling load values from each analysis ``.dat`` file and then store them within a
single ``.dat`` file.
"""


def eigenvals(path):
    """
    This function extracts all the eigenvalues from the list of .dat
    files and saves them into a single .dat file

    :param path: path to the .dat files generated by Abaqus CAE

    :type path: str

    :return: list of eigenvalues

    :rtype: list
    """

    walk_dir = os.path.abspath(path)  # Convert to absolute path
    print('Root directory is %s' % walk_dir)
    content = []
    # Extract content of each .dat file
    files = next(os.walk(walk_dir))[2]
    files.sort()
    for filename in [f for f in files if f.endswith(".dat")]:
        with open(os.path.join(walk_dir, filename), 'r') as f:
            content.append(f.read().splitlines())
    # Extract eigenvalues
    eig_list = []
    for item in content:
        for index, line in enumerate(item):
            if ' MODE NO      EIGENVALUE' in line:
                # Extracting eig by its position
                eig_list.append(item[index + 3:index + 11])
    # Transforming to float:
    eig_float = [[float(j.split()[1]) for j in x] for x in eig_list]
    # Write into a .csv file
    with open("eig_list_new.dat", "w") as f:
        writer = csv.writer(f)
        writer.writerows(eig_float)
    return eig_float


if __name__ == '__main__':
    import os
    import csv
    # Exporting mesh statistics:
    path = './'
    eigfloat = eigenvals(path)