Dear all,

Trying to understand how to get force in a spring connector, i did a very basic analysis (see pic below : a 1000N force applied on a spring, spring connected to a fixed plate).

The analysis is OK.

The output visualisation is not, i really dont understand why (visualisation group are OK).

Neither contour force in connector neither contour elastic force gives a force value (see pics below, sorry for the french and CTF/CEF names)

When I export the element force result table i actually see the force at node 5 (see pic below).

When i export the NFORC table i actually see 2 contributions at node 5 (spring + Quads). In my very simple case it's easy to know which line is the spring contribution, which line is the shell elements contribution. In a more complex model how could i know which line is for which contribution ?

I'm reading it looks possible with Abaqus interface to output s11 to read the spring force, i cant manage to do it using Simulia ...

Can I only see a connector force results at nodes and not at element ?

Thanks for your help