This python function attempts to convert the XYData report generated by Abaqus into something useful

process_abaqus_rpt.py

def process_rpt(fname):
    with open(fname, 'rb') as f:
        lines = f.readlines()
    lines_cleaned = []
    for line in lines:
        # Strip leading and trailing whitespace
        line_cleaned = line.lstrip().rstrip()
        # Ignore blank lines
        if len(line_cleaned):
            # Check if first element is a float
            line_cleaned = line_cleaned.split()
            try:
                float(line_cleaned[0])
                lines_cleaned.append(line_cleaned)
            except:
                pass
    tmp = np.zeros((len(lines_cleaned),len(lines_cleaned[0])))
    for i,line in enumerate(lines_cleaned):
        tmp[i,:] = np.array(map(float, line))
    return tmp