Quey on translation in the assembly module

[Tinni1]

Hi,

Could anyone clarify that what is the basic difference between the "translate to " tool and the "translate" tool in the Abaqus assembly module?

DO we have to use the "translate to" tool, when we wish to use contact pair?

Thank you.

 

[FEA way]

Both options are described in detail in the documentation. Translate moves a selected instance along a given vector. Translate To does the same but until the selected faces/edges of the instance being moved are separated by a specified distance from selected faces/edges of the instance held in place.

These options have nothing to do with contact, they are just ways of positioning parts like it’s done in CAD software. In the analysis, such assembly constraints have no effect.

 

[Tinni1]

Great! thanks for clarifying.

Yes, from documentation descriptions they seemed to be similar with not much difference.

Now I understand, that by "translate to" we get an option to specify a clearance between two instances.