Transferring results between analysis

[Maria Kxr]

Hello,

I am trying to transfer the geometry and the initial state of a part between two explicit simulations.

I am importing the deformed orphan mesh of my part, then redefining the section assignment (with the same mesh controls and material as in my first simulation), and then I define the initial state as a predefined field.

Once I define this predefined field (if I suppress the predefined field I do not get the error), I get this error: THE NAME EC-1 HAS BEEN USED ON A PREVIOUS SECTION CONTROL DEFINITION. SECTION CONTROL NAMES MUST BE UNIQUE.

I do not understand why I get this, since I do not change the mesh controls of my part. (Note that in some parts of my assembly I use reduced integration S4R elements, while in the part I am importing I use full integration S4 elements; I am not sure if this matters.)

Any ideas on how to resolve this error?

Thank you.

 

[FEA way]

You don't have to redefine the section assignments, the initial state field (import feature) takes care of this and imports material state with its properties.

 

[Maria Kxr]

Even if I do not redefine the section assignment, I get the exact same error.

 

[FEA way]

Did you redefine mesh controls ? They shouldn’t be changed either. Just import the deformed part, move it if necessary, apply loads, BCs and interactions to it and other parts. Nothing else, the mesh and section/material properties will be taken from a previous analysis.

 

[Maria Kxr]

No I did not redefine them and I still get this error.
How can I change the section controls names in an abaqus py script?

 

[FEA way]

Look for the *SECTION CONTROLS keyword in the .inp file with the *IMPORT card and remove those controls by deleting the keyword. If you are using a script to generate the input file then the definition of this setting must be included somewhere within the script and should be removed too.

 

[Maria Kxr]

This is the only thing in my inp. file with the keyword *Import. I could not find any imported section controls.

*Instance, library=Hinges-06, instance=hinge_1
**
** PREDEFINED FIELD
**
** Name: Predefined Field-1 Type: Initial State
*Import, state=yes, update=no
*End Instance

As far as my py script is concerned, I could not find a way to define or delete the name for these section controls so far.

 

[FEA way]

If the *SECTION CONTROLS keyword is in the previous input file, I would remove it too. Can you share the files (.cae and/or both input decks) ? If not, maybe you could simplify them just to recreate the error.