Importing geometry without losing detail

[jamescook]

Hi,
I am using Autodesk Inventor 2011 to create parts for use in Abaqus 6.8. I split my model into 2 parts in Inventor and then merge them into 1 part in Abaqus as in its one part configuration the model cannot be meshed by Abaqus, but by merging them this gave me a boundary between the 2 which allowed meshing and was also necessary for the assignment of material properties.

The parts are to be merged on a highly curved surface and unfortunately there appears to be some detail lost when imported into Abaqus as it is not possible to use the required meshing technique. I am importing the parts as SAT files. Are there any settings in Abaqus that would prevent this loss in detail or should i use another file type for import?

 

[rstupplebeen]

Increase your part display settings. Does it get better? Alternatively does the mesh lie on the desired surface? Abaqus is not as good at displaying surfaces as a CAD package is. I hope this helps.

Rob Stupplebeen