Simple things with keywords (commands)
Simple things with keywords (commands)
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Hello all,
I'm trying to learn the keywords for ABAQUS. So a few questions.
1. Why is it very harder than ANSYS?
2. I want to model and mesh a rectangle over another rectangle parametrically. (a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h the nodes of the first solid, e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l) the nodes of the second one. How do I mesh it? How do I impose boundary conditions and contacts to it?
Thanks in advance
I'm trying to learn the keywords for ABAQUS. So a few questions.
1. Why is it very harder than ANSYS?
2. I want to model and mesh a rectangle over another rectangle parametrically. (a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h the nodes of the first solid, e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l) the nodes of the second one. How do I mesh it? How do I impose boundary conditions and contacts to it?
Thanks in advance





RE: Simple things with keywords (commands)
1) Its for smart engineers only
2) Use a Preprocessor to create the mesh. BC keyword: *BOUNDARY, Contact keyword: *CONTACTPAIR
RE: Simple things with keywords (commands)
RE: Simple things with keywords (commands)
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RE: Simple things with keywords (commands)
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RE: Simple things with keywords (commands)
RE: Simple things with keywords (commands)
Well, it depends what does "automatic meshing command" mean for you.
"automatic meshing command" means for me you are looking a command to mesh a specific geometry.
In this case the answer is no, there is no abaqus keyword to do it.
The reason is because there is no option to store any geometry information inside the inputdeck.
However there are four keywords which you can use to generate mesh for simple shapes:
- *NCOPY
- *NGEN
- *ELCOPY
- *ELGEN
In combination with parameters (*PARAMETER) they might be helpful for you.
"automatic meshing command" sounds more like abaqus scripting interface.
You can use python script (or write a macro) to mesh and setup whole your model with Abaqus/CAE and next generate final inputdeck.
For more details please take a look into Abaqus Scripting User's Manual.
Regards,
Bartosz