by Miguel | Mar 28, 2022 | Scripting, Tips & Tricks
One of the most common operations and sometimes the hardest to automate in our Python scripts is the selection of geometry. This task is essential to assign material properties, define boundary conditions, control the mesh settings, create interactions, etc. The...
by Miguel | Feb 4, 2022 | Interview
I am thrilled to announce the first interview of this blog! And for this special occasion our guest is one of the most reputed researchers in the numerical simulation of composite materials: Dr. Carlos Dávila. Carlos is a Senior Aerospace Researcher working at NASA in...
by Miguel | Dec 26, 2021 | Scripting, Tips & Tricks
In some cases the geometry of a finite element model cannot be obtained from basic operations like extrusions, revolutions, or sweeps. If we want to generate many more types of geometries it is necessary to use other tools such as boolean operations. These utilities...
by Miguel | Nov 17, 2021 | Scripting, Tips & Tricks
In some cases, we may have to wait several hours or even days for a simulation to be completed or to post-process hundreds of analysis. So, from time to time we have to go to the computer to check whether it has already finished or not. This “checking” is...
by Miguel | Oct 26, 2021 | Tips & Tricks
Contacts are very commonly used in the simulation of many different processes and mechanical phenomena. They are typically defined by identifying pairs of surfaces, known as master and slave surfaces. In some cases, contacts must be defined between parts that can be...
by Miguel | Oct 18, 2021 | Scripting, Tips & Tricks
Sketches are widely used in Abaqus during the preprocess of the geometry of our FE models. For instance, we use sketches to create parts (extrusion, revolution, sweeping…), to make partitions and cuts, etc. Therefore, to take advantage of the automation of...
by Miguel | Sep 13, 2021 | Scripting
Sketches are widely used in Abaqus during the preprocess of the geometry of our FE models. For instance, we use sketches to create parts (extrusion, revolution, sweeping…), to make partitions and cuts, etc. Therefore, to take advantage of the automation of...
by Miguel | Sep 3, 2021 | Scripting
Sketches are widely used in Abaqus during the preprocess of the geometry of our FE models: to create parts (extrusion, revolution, sweeping…), to make partitions and cuts, etc. Therefore, to take advantage of the automation capabilities of Abaqus by means of...
by Miguel | Jun 25, 2021 | Scripting
Using and getting information from the geometry of an FE model is not a trivial matter when using Abaqus/Scripting. This is a very common task when we want to create sets and surfaces, or to get information about some particular region. This will be a simple yet very...
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