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  1. structvt

    Abaqus Shell Thickness and Meshing Question?

    Ok so if it is not apart of Abaqus/CAE anymore. How do you mesh with a S9R5 mesh then because I do not have access to FEMSYS.
  2. structvt

    Abaqus Shell Thickness and Meshing Question?

    http://www.princeton.edu/~dynaflow/femgv/manuals/preabaq/node16.htm This is where I found FEMGEN. I believe it involves editing the input files, however I cannot find where in the input files to actually edit the stuff.
  3. structvt

    Abaqus Shell Thickness and Meshing Question?

    I am modeling a cold form steel shell element in Abaqus and I have to apply different thicknesses to it. My question is how does Abaqus apply the thickness? What I mean is does it extrude half the total thickness on each side of the element or extrude the full thickness in one direction? And can...
  4. structvt

    Abaqus Shell Thickness Question?

    I forgot to add something also. I am goign to be using S9R5 meshing and I have read up online that CAE can do ti but you have to bring up FEMGEN in CAE to actually apply that meshing to it since its not a typical mesh option. I was just wondering if anybody has had experience with this and...
  5. structvt

    Abaqus Shell Thickness Question?

    I am modeling a cold form steel shell element in Abaqus and I have to apply different thicknesses to it. My question is how does Abaqus apply the thickness? What I mean is does it extrude half the total thickness on each side of the element or extrude the full thickness in one direction? And can...
  6. structvt

    AutoCAD or Autodesk 3DS max ---> ABAQUS

    I am trying to perform an analysis in ABAQUS on a unique Steel C Channel. I have draw it up in 3d in Google Sketchup into which I exported it to AutoCAD and Autodesk 3dsMAX. My question is how can I import it into ABAQUS? I have attempted to do it by importing the "dxf" as a sketch, however it...

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