Allow abaqus(v6.14-1) to use matplotlib in its build-in python scripts environment.

The advantage to let abaqus python use matplotlib module is you can use python to read your abaqus odb file and operate the result data like stress and strain, and the plot it out and save as pdf or eps file that can used in latex.

abaqus 2020 officially include matplotlib (2.2.4)!

This project include the following python modules. ONLY tested on abaqus 6.14-1.

• matplotlib (1.3.1)
• dateutil (2.4.1)
• six (1.9.0)
• pyparsing (2.0.3)

Copy the python modules to the abaqus python package folder:

...\SIMULIA\Abaqus\6.14-1\tools\SMApy\python2.7\Lib\site-packages

• Run the python script matplotlib_test.py in abaqus CAE. if abaqus build-in python can include the matplotlib module successfully, there will be a plot window pop out.

• Run the python scripttest_link_mpl_toolkits.py in abaqus CAE, to test if the abaqus python can import mpl_toolkits module.

• only works on Windows platform;
• On Windows 10, it seems that you cannot run the .py in CAE(CAE will dead). You should use matplotlib under Abaqus command line:

abaqus cae -noGUI xxx.py

matplotlib-4-abaqus is under the MIT License.