This section provides an overview of adaptivity processes. You use an adaptivity process to control a succession of analysis jobs that are adaptively remeshed by Abaqus/CAE based on the contents of your remeshing rules. For more information about adaptive remeshing and the other adaptivity techniques that are available in Abaqus, see “Adaptivity techniques,” Section 12.1.1 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Guide. The following topics are covered:

• “What is an adaptivity process?,” Section 19.3.1

• “When will my mesh adaptivity stop iterating?,” Section 19.3.2

• “Manual mesh adaptivity,” Section 19.3.3

• “Using a combination of automatic and manual mesh adaptivity,” Section 19.3.4

• “The Adaptivity Process Manager,” Section 19.3.5