This option is used to instance a part within an assembly. It must be used in conjunction with the *ASSEMBLY and *END INSTANCE options. If the instance is not imported from a previous analysis, the *INSTANCE option must be used in conjunction with the *PART option.
When importing a part instance from a previous analysis, the *INSTANCE option must be used in conjunction with the *IMPORT option. In an Abaqus/Explicit import analysis, you can define a new position for an imported instance and import an instance more than once.
Products: Abaqus/Standard Abaqus/Explicit Abaqus/CFD Abaqus/CAE
Type: Model data
Level: Assembly
Abaqus/CAE:
Set this parameter equal to a label that will be used to refer to the instance.
Set this parameter equal to the name of the part being instanced.
Set this parameter equal to the name of the instance to be imported from the previous analysis.
Set this parameter equal to a new label that will be used to refer to the instance.
Set this parameter equal to the old name of the instance to be imported from the previous analysis.
Set this parameter equal to the name of the previous analysis from which the instance should be imported. The previous analysis output database (.odb) file should reside in the current (working) directory. If the LIBRARY parameter is omitted, the job name of the previous analysis must be specified on the command line using the oldjob parameter (see “Abaqus/Standard, Abaqus/Explicit, and Abaqus/CFD execution,” Section 3.2.2 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Guide). If both methods are used, the command line specification will take precedence over the LIBRARY parameter.
First (and only) line:
Value of the translation to be applied in the X-direction.
Value of the translation to be applied in the Y-direction.
Value of the translation to be applied in the Z-direction.
First line:
Value of the translation to be applied in the X-direction.
Value of the translation to be applied in the Y-direction.
Value of the translation to be applied in the Z-direction.
Enter values of zero to apply a pure rotation.
Second line:
X-coordinate of point a on the axis of rotation (see Figure 9.19–1).
Y-coordinate of point a on the axis of rotation.
Z-coordinate of point a on the axis of rotation.
X-coordinate of point b on the axis of rotation.
Y-coordinate of point b on the axis of rotation.
Z-coordinate of point b on the axis of rotation.
Angle of rotation about the axis a–b, in degrees.
If both translation and rotation are specified, translation is applied before rotation.