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So, the subject says it all:). What are the disadvantages of using axisymmetric FEA? In which cases would you NOT recommend using it? Thanks

I have a few questions about meshing. Given a 2D polygon (i.e. a profile built by straight lines) of random shape: 1- Is Abaqus smart enough to mesh it without having a node at every vertex ? 2- Does it convert the polygon to a smooth curve? 3- Does Abaqus place constraints as the element...

I have an input file that refers to a bunch of .aba files but I am having problems opening them up. Would it possible to open a .aba file directly in abaqus ? thanks!

Hi, I am trying to write an script to remove cells in a part if the cell volume is smaller than a given value. Is there a simple command to delete a cell? This is what I have tried: def sliverVolumes(modelName, pInterName): #Class to keep only cells bigger than a certain minimum value...

I have a model in CATIA with some tags in specific faces. Basically, I want to open up the CATIA model (with the tags) in ABAQUS, check which faces are tagged and apply boundary conditions to these particular faces. The thing is that I do not know how I can pass the tags information from CATIA...

I have a model in CATIA with some tags in specific faces. Basically, I want to open up the CATIA model (with the tags) in ABAQUS, check which faces are tagged and apply boundary conditions to these particular faces. The thing is that I do not know how I can pass the tags information from CATIA...

I have a 2D shell part containing a number of shell faces. I would like to extract one different sketch for each of the faces in the part. So far I know how to create a single sketch containing all the shell faces information but this is not what I want. I would like to know how to create one...

Hello everyone, This thing is driving me crazy. It is about the findAt() and the pointOn methods. I have a list of edges called pedges. For testing purposes I ask first for a point on a given edge and I get ((925.125, 554.1, 0.0),), then I ask abaqus to find an edge for the same point but then...

So, the subject is self-descriptive. How can I calculate the area of a face? What python command should I use? p=mdb.models['Model-1'].parts['Part-0'] pfaces=p.faces area of each face????

Dear all, My question is how to programmatically relate the edges of a single shell face and the faces of the model generated when the shell is revolved. Also I would like to know how to relate the faces of the resultant revolve and the result obtained when the revolve is intersected with...

Hello, I would like to print some values of the variables contained within my DFLUX user subroutine to a .txt file. In particular I would like to export FLUX(1), FLUX(2), COORDS(1. How can I do this? Many thanks!

Hello, This is the first time I have to write a user subroutine in ABAQUS in my life. Can anybody share an example of a DFLUX or HETVAL subroutine c/w the relevant .inp file? Thank you!

Hi, I am currently performing a thermal steady state analysis in a fin for heat dissipation. The model is basically a cylinder with a Body Heat Flux [W/m3] as a thermal load and a fin attached to the cylinder. The fin has convection applied as an interaction in all its faces. My aim is to...

Hello, I want to perform a heat transfer calculation of a simple model. Basically I have one Part which contains two concentric disks where the outer disk is split into "chunks" (see picture below, also attached). I have a surface heat flux load applied in the inner face of the inner ring and...

Hello, I am having some difficulties implementing a 2D thermal analysis in ABAQUS (my experience using this software is close to zero). In particular my query consist on the application of the convection heat transfer coefficient into edges and faces. I have created a simple example to show...

Hi all, I am currently having a problem when running a thermal analysis. Basically I am getting an error saying that a number of "elements have missing property definitions. The elements have been identified in element set ErrElemMissingSection." Does anybody know how to solve this? If you...

Hello, I would like to calculate the area and volume of the solid of revolution obtained by revolving a sketch. I have used the query tool (mass properties) to get such values. The volume is OK but the area is equal to zero. How can this be possible? This is the warning I get from abaqus...

Hi, I am trying to add some exceptions to my code when running the "InstanceFromBooleanCut" operation. Basically I am cutting a series of parts and I do not want my script to stop if the operations happens to fail. Say that I have a part called "pr1" (my cutting instance) and I want to use it...

Hello, My question might sounds rather simple but my knowledge in Abaqus scripting is almost inexistent. I am creating a script to generate a sketch (just a simple closed polygon) and I want to create a surface for that sketch. In CATIA this can be achieved with the "fill command" but I do not...

Hi everyone, I have started using Abaqus and Python today so the question might sounds a bit simple for some of you... I am trying to extract the x y z node coordinates of every face in my tet mesh in order to print them out to a txt file. So far I have managed to get the Node's coordinates...