This Tips & Trick shows how to map Polygon Faces (i.e., CAE faces) to CAD Faces. Given a CAD Face in the Modeling application, what is its corresponding CAE Face in the Advanced Simulation application ?

When you remove one or more faces from a three-dimensional solid part, Abaqus/CAE converts the part to a shell. You can create a face on a three-dimensional part by selecting one or more edges of the new face. Abaqus/CAE loops through the …

Abaqus/CAE creates the partition by projecting the sketch onto the faces to be partitioned. You can specify the direction of the projection and the distance of the projection, normal to the sketch plane. The following figure illustrates a sketched partition on a nonplanar face using the projection of a sketch drawn on a datum plane:

Do you know how to find the cad Face (NXOPEN::Face*) from a CAE Face (NXOPEN::CAE::CAEFace*) ? For bodies, i find the following function: UF_SF_body_ask_modl_body()

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CAEFace face = Session.GetSession().GetObjectManager().GetTaggedObject(faceTag) as CAEFace; if (face.Name == "your_name") { ... } } }

You can repair selected small faces. ABAQUS/CAE removes the small faces and repairs the adjoining faces to create a closed geometry. Figure 47–4 illustrates the effect of repairing small faces.

You can't reference the CaeFace in the FemPart. You need to use the occurrence of the CAEFace that is in the SimPart. Well I found a way to do it. In the SIM, I retrieve the name of the FEM part and retrieve the assembly component from which I can retrieve the occureneces of the CAE Faces. I guess there's a better way to do it, but it works though.

Abaqus/CAE creates blended faces between the selected edges and faces using the shortest path method. When you create a blended face feature between edges and an existing face, the new faces are always perpendicular to the existing face. The free edges are extended or shortened as needed to intersect with the edges of the face.

You can create a face by selecting the edges of the new face. The selected edges must form a closed loop. ABAQUS/CAE creates the new face as a shell. If the new shell forms a closed part, you can use the solid-from-shell tool to convert the part to a solid. For more information, see “Creating a solid from a shell,” Section 47.7.2. The ...