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2 general questions about modelisation on abaqus

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Hello all,

I have two small questions about Abaqus, I hope you can enlighten me.
It's been a while since I work on Abaqus and there are two things that I never understood / used:

1) when I do meshes I always meshes independent, what does it change for the calculation if i use dependant?

2) what is predefinifield? it is used for what? you have an example please?

Thank you in advance

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The dependent meshing would mesh the part, and would be useful when you have multiples of the same part in the assembly.

A predefined field would be typically used when you are importing temperatures for thermal loading. There are other cases too, which are explained in the manuals.

Tara

 
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