Select File
ImportPart from the main menu bar to import a part from either:
An external-format file
You can import geometry information from the following formats:
ACIS
CATIA V4
Elysium Neutral file generated by Pro/ENGINEER, NX, CATIA V5, or CATIA V6
CATIA V5
IGES
Parasolid
STEP
VDA-FS
You can import all of the parts in an assembly, or you can import only a specified part. Abaqus/CAE creates a separate part for each part that is imported. As a result, if a part is instanced many times in the assembly, Abaqus/CAE creates separate parts corresponding to each instance. Abaqus/CAE does not retain the names of the parts or any color coding.
An output database
You can import the part instances stored in an output database in the form of mesh parts. A mesh part contains no feature information and is extracted from the output database as a collection of nodes, elements, surfaces, and sets. You can import either the undeformed or the deformed shape. If you import the deformed shape, you can specify the step and the increment from which to import. For more information, see “Importing a part from an output database,” Section 10.7.12.
A substructure
You can import a substructure into a model database as a new part definition. For more information, see “Importing a substructure into a model database as a part,” Section 10.7.13.
To import a part:
From the main menu bar, select FileImportPart.
The Import Part dialog box appears.
From the File Filter menu at the bottom of the Import Part dialog box, select one of the following:
ACIS SAT (*.sat*); for more information, see “Importing parts from an ACIS-format file,” Section 10.7.4.
IGES (*.igs*, *.iges*); for more information, see “Importing a part from an IGES-format file,” Section 10.7.7.
VDA (*.vda*); for more information, see “Importing a part from a VDA-FS-format file,” Section 10.7.11.
STEP (*.stp*, *.step*); for more information, see “Importing a part from a STEP-format file,” Section 10.7.10.
CATIA V4 (*.model*, *.catdata*, *.exp*); for more information, see “Importing a part from a CATIA V4- or V5-format file,” Section 10.7.5.
CATIA V5 (*.CATPart*, *.CATProduct*); for more information, see “Importing a part from a CATIA V4- or V5-format file,” Section 10.7.5.
Parasolid (*.x_t*,*.x_b*, *.xmt*); for more information, see “Importing a part from a Parasolid-format file,” Section 10.7.9.
ProE/NX/CATIA V5 Elysium Neutral (*.enf*); for more information, see “Importing a part from an Elysium Neutral file,” Section 10.7.6.
Output Database (*.odb); for more information, see “Importing a part from an output database,” Section 10.7.12.
Substructure (*.sim*); for more information, see “Importing a substructure into a model database as a part,” Section 10.7.13.
Abaqus/CAE lists all the files in the selected directory with the appropriate file extension. Select the file containing the part to import, and click OK.
Abaqus/CAE enters the Part module, and displays the Create Part from format File dialog box.
Select the desired repair options and part attributes and click OK. For more information, see “Controlling the import process,” Section 10.3, and “What are the part attributes?,” Section 10.3.2.
