Nonlinear Structural Analysis and Thermal Analysis
Enhanced Functionality
- Geometric Correction for Surface-to-Surface
Contact Pairs
- In a Nonlinear Structural analysis, you can now specify geometric
correction for a surface-to-surface contact pair definition in your model.
The contact smoothing definition recognizes cylindrically or spherically
shaped surfaces and automatically smooths the surfaces. Using the smoothed
surface geometry can greatly improve the results in some cases. For more
information about specifying geometric correction in a contact pair, see
Configuring the General Options in a Contact Pair.
- Saving a Results Image as a New Template
- You can now save a results image as the template for other results images
you create in your analysis. Nonlinear Structural Analysis and Thermal
Analysis make image templates available for selection in the Abaqus Image
Generation dialog box. For more information about saving results images as
templates, see Generating a Results Image.
- Job Names Can Start With Numbers
- The job name can now start with a number, which provides greater
flexibility for naming and sorting the jobs in an analysis. For more
information about job definition, see Creating a New Job.
- Consistency Check Error Displayed When Input
File Writing Errors Occur
- Nonlinear Structural Analysis or Thermal Analysis now show a consistency
check error at the top of the list of errors in the Consistency Check Messages
tabbed window if there are one or more input file writing errors in the Write
Input File Messages tabbed window. This consistency check error does not appear
if the input file writing generates only warnings, and only one consistency
check error is displayed even if multiple input file writing errors are
displayed in the Write Input File Messages tabbed window. The Job Submission
dialog box shows the Write Input File Messages tabbed window by default if an
input file writing error occurs.
- For more information about running consistency checks for an Abaqus job, see
Submitting Jobs.
- Automatic Creation of Surface Groups During
Postprocessing
- By default, Nonlinear Structural Analysis and Thermal Analysis now
automatically create a display group for every Surface Group definition in your
analysis when you run an Abaqus job. This enhancement makes it easier for you to
define a results image for selected surfaces in your model, because creating
results images on a subset of your model requires the selection of a display
group. You can also customize this behavior so that display groups are created
for contact surfaces only, or you can disable the new behavior for all surfaces.
Control over display group creation for surface groups is available in the
Analysis & Simulation settings in the Options dialog box.
- For more information about this enhancement, see Creating a Display Group.
- Automatic and Consistent Input File
Naming
- Nonlinear Structural Analysis and Thermal Analysis now uses the name of the
.CATAnalysis file as the basis for the names of all Abaqus jobs you create. This
approach makes the management of Abaqus analysis and postprocessing files easier,
because their names automatically match those of the CATIA analysis files you
create.
- For more information about this enhancement, see Creating a New Job.
- Extending the Selected Face for Surface
Selection
- You can now use the Extend Selected Face method to select multiple faces as the
support for a surface-based feature. For each face you select, the Extend Selected
Face method selects all faces in the model that are within a user-specified angle
from the selected face or faces and connected to them. You can also specify that this
method selects only adjacent faces or only meshed surfaces. For more information about
this selection method and the features to which it applies, see Advanced Selection
Options for Supports.
- Abaqus Input File Available After
Analysis
- When you run an analysis in the Nonlinear Structural Analysis and Thermal Analysis
workbenches, the Abaqus input file created by the analysis is now available. This
enhancement enables you to make further edits to the input file directly if you want to
refine your analysis further or run the analysis elsewhere.
- Analyses Can Now Use Up to Four
Processors
- The Nonlinear Structural Analysis and Thermal Analysis workbenches now enable you to run
an Abaqus job using as many as four processors. For more information on parallel processing
for Abaqus jobs, see Controlling Parallel Execution.
- Support for Rigid and Smooth Couplings
- The Nonlinear Structural Analysis workbench now supports the definition of Rigid Couplings
and Smooth Couplings. For more information about these features, see Creating Rigid Couplings
and Creating Smooth Couplings respectively.
- Support for General Contact
- You can now specify general contact for your analysis in the Nonlinear Structural Analysis
workbench, which enables you to prevent surface penetration between multiple bodies in your
model. For more information about general contact, see General Contact.
- CPD Properties Now Available With ACP License
- The ACP license now enables you to use the Imported Composite Property tool and the Mapping
Property tool.