importing 'flat' inp file into part in CAE

[Timmy Horgan]

Dear Group,

I would like to import a 'flat' input deck (no part, instance or assembly definitions) into ABAQUS CAE. The input deck was originally created in MSC/Patran. What I would like to achieve is for the various *ELSETs to be separated in CAE as parts (or sets if thats easier?). The model is one continous mesh, but different regions have different material properties. I would like to achieve this so that we can continue using the model with the added benefits generating inp files from CAE and no longer have to edit them.

Has anyone in the group tried this? Would it simply be a matter of editing the inp file or would there be problems with the element/node numbering?

I performed a search on the group site but didn't spot anything (is there some secret way so that you can search all posts and not just month by month?)

Many Thanks as always,
Tim.

___________________________
Timmy Horgan B.E. (Mech)
Research Engineer
Room 203 Mechanical Engineering
University College Dublin

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[amarendraatre]

Hi,
After creating your input deck in patran, you import it to CAE using
File, Import. Then you will have a one large model without any sets.
Then in CAE you can select all the elements which will form one
material into one Elset. Select all other elememnts into other set.
Assign material properties to these sets. Similarly BCs etc. Then
write out an input file using CAE and just solve.
amar

Post by Timmy Horgan
Dear Group,
I would like to import a 'flat' input deck (no part, instance or

assembly definitions) into ABAQUS CAE. The input deck was originally
created in MSC/Patran. What I would like to achieve is for the various
*ELSETs to be separated in CAE as parts (or sets if thats easier?).
The model is one continous mesh, but different regions have different
material properties. I would like to achieve this so that we can
continue using the model with the added benefits generating inp files
from CAE and no longer have to edit them.

Post by Timmy Horgan
Has anyone in the group tried this? Would it simply be a matter of

editing the inp file or would there be problems with the element/node
numbering?

Post by Timmy Horgan
I performed a search on the group site but didn't spot anything (is

there some secret way so that you can search all posts and not just
month by month?)

Post by Timmy Horgan
Many Thanks as always,
Tim.
___________________________
Timmy Horgan B.E. (Mech)
Research Engineer
Room 203 Mechanical Engineering
University College Dublin
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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[Sridharan]

Is that not simple? I think you can open cae ; File -> Import -> Model -
supply the INP file; All sets would come down! But not as separate parts to
my knowledge. Is it some thing I did not understand?

Sridharan


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Subject: [ABAQUS] importing 'flat' inp file into part in CAE

Dear Group,

I would like to import a 'flat' input deck (no part, instance or assembly
definitions) into ABAQUS CAE. The input deck was originally created in
MSC/Patran. What I would like to achieve is for the various *ELSETs to be
separated in CAE as parts (or sets if thats easier?). The model is one
continous mesh, but different regions have different material properties. I
would like to achieve this so that we can continue using the model with the
added benefits generating inp files from CAE and no longer have to edit
them.

Has anyone in the group tried this? Would it simply be a matter of editing
the inp file or would there be problems with the element/node numbering?

I performed a search on the group site but didn't spot anything (is there
some secret way so that you can search all posts and not just month by
month?)

Many Thanks as always,
Tim.

___________________________
Timmy Horgan B.E. (Mech)
Research Engineer
Room 203 Mechanical Engineering
University College Dublin

Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: ***@ucd.ie


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[Timmy Horgan]

Hi,

Thanks for your replies. Yes you were right - my fault! I am quite new to
the CAE part of ABAQUS and didn't realise that the sets you can see in the
manager are different depending on whether you are in the part module or the
mesh module. In the part module there was nothing for me to see so I thought
that none existed.

May I ask a follow on question in that case? It appears you can create new
parts from your orphan mesh - as long as they are disconnected meshes. Is
it possible to break up the orphan mesh into different parts if the elements
are continuous? Say for example if you wanted to change a boundary from
coupled node to sliding? Or perhaps to be able to delete the elements
belonging to one element set of the part? I could not see how this could be
done. I think CAE only deletes the set definition but not the elements. Any
of the sets that are visible in the mesh module are not in the part module
and hence I am not sure if I can delete them.

Again many thanks for any thoughts,
Tim.


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Post by Sridharan
Is that not simple? I think you can open cae ; File -> Import -> Model -
supply the INP file; All sets would come down! But not as separate parts to
my knowledge. Is it some thing I did not understand?
Sridharan
-----Original Message-----
Timmy Horgan
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 4:01 PM
Subject: [ABAQUS] importing 'flat' inp file into part in CAE
Dear Group,
I would like to import a 'flat' input deck (no part, instance or assembly
definitions) into ABAQUS CAE. The input deck was originally created in
MSC/Patran. What I would like to achieve is for the various *ELSETs to be
separated in CAE as parts (or sets if thats easier?). The model is one
continous mesh, but different regions have different material properties. I
would like to achieve this so that we can continue using the model with the
added benefits generating inp files from CAE and no longer have to edit
them.
Has anyone in the group tried this? Would it simply be a matter of editing
the inp file or would there be problems with the element/node numbering?
I performed a search on the group site but didn't spot anything (is there
some secret way so that you can search all posts and not just month by
month?)
Many Thanks as always,
Tim.
___________________________
Timmy Horgan B.E. (Mech)
Research Engineer
Room 203 Mechanical Engineering
University College Dublin
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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