Changing Element Type 3

[msonys]

Hi,
I am working on a simple model in abaqus/CAE, and using 8 node brick element, i want to change it to 20 nodes, but i dont know how to do it,

Shahid

 

[corus]

Simply select quadratic elements

corus

 

[camarade]

Hello Msonys:

To give you a little more details, here my suggestions:

(1) click 'Mesh' on Menu bar
(2) click 'Element type'
(3) in the 'Element type' dialog box,
select 'Quadratic' in the 'Geometric order'.

You may also pay attention on 'Element controls' section.

Hope this will help.

camarade.