How to set the displacement function (sin (time)) for a grid

Good morning all

How do I set motion functions for nodes?

I want to set a driver function (y=sin (time)) for nodes on one of the faces of the model,in order to move the model up and down. I have found a way to set a.txt file to load Amplitude, but in this way, I need to write a.txt file. (Possible to provide external file as input for loads?)

Question:Can I input it directly as a function? For example: *AMPLITUDE=sin (t)?
Or is reading TXT the only way?
Thanks

Best regards

Abaqus offers periodic amplitude type for such purposes. In CalculiX you would have to define the amplitude in standard tabular form:

*AMPLITUDE
time1, amplitude1, time2, amplitude2, …

or use the uamplitude.f subroutine.

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Thank you very much,I’ll give it a try