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    ECAP - material flows between the punch and the die?

    Make sure that the proper side of the punch bottom surface is selected. Try adding some point mass/inertia to the rigid body reference point. You should also consider replacing discrete rigid bodies with analytical rigid surfaces whenever possible. Check the energy outputs (especially ALLKE and...
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    Why does the electrical potential not go the way I wanted?

    Can you provide more details ? What are the boundary conditions ? What materials are used for each region ? How are the regions connected (any tie constraints or electrical contact) ?
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    Abaqus Metallurgical phase transformations simulation example running problem

    From the 3DS Software Downloads page but you have to log in using your customer account and then you will find the software available to you. Look for Abaqus, you will see the most recent fix pack files by default. Installation is very simple, you just have to click Next after unpacking and...
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    Abaqus Metallurgical phase transformations simulation example running problem

    You have to install a fix pack for Abaqus 2025 to make it work. Possibly the newest one (HF3) but the USER TYPE parameter was introduced in Abaqus 2025 HF2. Alternatively, you can use the old syntax: *MATERIAL, NAME=ABQ_PHASE_TRANS_TI6AL4V
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    Abaqus Metallurgical phase transformations simulation example running problem

    What version of Abaqus are you using ? Is that a student version (Learning Edition) ? It may not work then.
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    Hinge Interconnection Not Working – Only One Shell Part Moves

    Try with edges selected for coupling constraints instead of the whole plates.
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    Material units

    Consistent commonly used SI(mm) units are: - Young’s modulus [MPa] - density [tonne/mm^3] - thermal conductivity [mW/mm*K] - specific heat [mJ/tonne*K] If you search for "Abaqus units" you will find some helpful tables with other consistent unit systems.
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    Hinge Interconnection Not Working – Only One Shell Part Moves

    Did you attach those reference points to the plates ? You can do that via rigid body or coupling constraint.
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    Excessive Distortion in Press Hardening Simulation

    You should always check the warnings. Here you have unconnected regions, negative eigenvalues and numerical singularity messages. Check the nodes where issues occur. You can use the Job Diagnostics tool to highlight them. This is easier than reading plain .msg files. Another way is to upload...
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    Interface fracture mechanics - Why isn't ENRRT11 = GI?

    How far are they ? Is it Abaqus/Standard or Explicit ? Are you using viscous regularization ? Did you check the standard energy outputs (especially ALLSD and ALLVD vs ALLSE) ?
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    How to reduce fiber damage

    Have you seen the DS Knowledge Base article "Abaqus/Explicit VUMAT for the simulation of damage and failure in unidirectional fiber composite materials" ? You should make sure your setup doesn’t differ significantly from the reference experiment. Some calibration of material data might be...
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    Trouble Meshing Imported SolidWorks Part in Abaqus – Need Help with Hex or Hex-Dominated Mesh

    This geometry is yellow (sweep meshable) right away but you will get invalid (distorted) elements if you use the default settings. You should assign proper global and local seeds and apply one transverse partition in the middle. Then it will work.
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    Mesh singularity on non-manifold geometry

    There are also composite sections for solid elements so you can use layups with them. This is often used e.g. when analyzing nozzle regions of composite pressure vessels.
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    Abaqus-Isight

    Try these steps (based on the aforementioned KB article): 1. Add the subroutine file as Input files parameter in the Abaqus component. 2. Enable the Fixed file name checkbox and specify the Fortran file name in the Destination section. 3. Add the user command to the Abaqus command. 4. Make...
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    Mesh singularity on non-manifold geometry

    You could use submodeling or shell-to-solid coupling to model that small region with solid elements and including some fillets thus obtaining more realistic result.
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