Abaqus for CATIA V5 File-Based Design Import

V5 to 3DEXPERIENCE Data Import Table

The following table describes import correspondences between V5 file-based data and 3DEXPERIENCE content. The statuses for import results are fully imported, partially imported, and not imported (-).

V5 Data Type	3DEXPERIENCE Content Type	Import Result
Finite Element Model
Nodes and Elements	Nodes and Elements	Fully Imported
Elements
Global Element Assignment	Global Element Assignment	Fully Imported
Local Element Assignment	Local Element Assignment	Fully Imported
Materials
Coefficient of Thermal Expansion	Expansion Option
Density Property	Density Option	Fully Imported
Elasticity Property	Elastic Option with Isotropic as Type	Fully Imported
Gasket Property: Thickness Unloading	Gasket Thickness Behavior Option	Fully Imported
Gasket Property: Transverse Shear	Gasket Transverse Shear Elastic Option	Fully Imported
Gasket Property: Membrane	Gasket Membrane Elastic Option	Fully Imported
Heat Generation		-
Hyperelasticity Property	Hyperelastic Option	Fully Imported
Material	Material	Fully Imported
Plasticity Property	Plastic Option	Fully Imported
Specific Heat	Specific Heat Option	Fully Imported
Thermal Conductivity Property	Isotropic Conductivity Option	Fully Imported
User-defined Material		-
Section Properties
1D Property	Beam Section/Beam Profile	Partially Imported
2D Property	Shell Section	Fully Imported
2D Property Enhancement	Membrane section or shell section	Partially Imported
Local 2D Property		-
3D Property	Solid Section	Fully Imported
Bolt Pretension Property	Pre-Tension Section Note: Loads and Displacement Boundary Conditions applied to the AFC Bolt Pretension Property are imported as Bolt Forces, Bolt Displacements, and Bolt Restraints in the simulation.	Fully Imported
Gasket Property	Gasket Section	Fully Imported
Imported Composite Property	Composite Shell Section	Fully Imported
Mapping Property		-
Model Properties
Submodel Property		-
Cyclic Symmetry Property	Cyclic symmetry	Fully Imported
Bolt Pretension Property	Meshed bolt	Fully Imported
Layup		-
Rigid Bodies
Analytical Rigid Surface	Analytical Rigid Surface	Fully Imported
Rigid Body Constraint	Rigid Body	Fully Imported
Rigid Coupling	Coupling (Kinematic)	Fully Imported
Smooth Coupling	Coupling (Distributing)	Fully Imported
Interactions
Contact Pair	Surface-based Contact	Fully Imported
Fastened Pair	Surface-based Contact with the Tie supports together option activated	Fully Imported
General Contact	General Contact	Fully Imported
General Contact Initialization Property		-
Mechanical Connection Behavior	Contact Interaction Property	Fully Imported
Thermal Connection Behavior	Contact Interaction Property	Fully Imported
Connections
Bolt Tightening Connection Property		-
Pressure Fitting Connection Property		-
Rigid Connection Property	Coupling (Kinematic)	Fully Imported
Smooth Connection Property	Coupling (Distributing)	Fully Imported
Rigid Spring Virtual Part	Kinematic Coupling with the Use spring option activated	Partially Imported
Rigid Virtual Part	Kinematic Coupling	Partially Imported
Smooth Spring Virtual Part	Distributing Coupling with the Use spring option activated	Partially Imported
Smooth Virtual Part	Distributing Coupling	Partially Imported
Spring Connection Property connecting one point to another point	Connector	Partially Imported
Spring Connection Property involving a single vertex	Grounded Connector	Partially Imported
Virtual Rigid Bolt Tightening Connection Property	Virtual Bolt, Bolt Force, & Bolt Restraint The force associated with the AFC Bolt Tightening Connection Property is mapped to a Bolt Force in the first step of the simulation; a Bolt Restraint is applied in all subsequent steps to fix the Virtual Bolt at its loaded length. If there is no Scenario in the simulation, only the Virtual Bolt feature is created.	Partially Imported
Virtual Bolt Tightening Connection Property	Virtual Bolt, Bolt Force, and Bolt Restraint	Fully Imported
Virtual Spring Bolt Tightening Connection Property		-
Dashpot Connection Property	Connector	Fully Imported
Spot Welding Connection Property	Point Fastener	Fully Imported
Seam Welding Connection Property (Type: Shell or Hexahedron)	Line Fastener	Fully Imported
Seam Welding Connection Property (Type: Rigid, Beam, or Spring)	Point Fastener	Fully Imported
Seam Welding Connection Property (Type: Contact)		-
Surface Welding Connection Property		-
Nodes to Nodes Connection Property		-
Node Interface Property		-
Initial Conditions
Initial Temperature	Initial Temperature	Fully Imported
Initial Velocity	Initial Velocity	Fully Imported
Mass Scaling	Mass Scaling	Fully Imported
Temperature History: Uniform distribution	Prescribed Temperature: Uniform	Fully Imported
Temperature History: Distribution from job		-
Temperature History: User-defined distribution		-
Temperature History: Distribution from job and user-defined		-
Amplitudes
Smooth Step Amplitude	Smooth Step Amplitude	Fully Imported
Tabular Amplitude	Tabular Amplitude	Fully Imported
Steps
Frequency Step	Frequency Step	Fully Imported
General Static Step	Static Step	Fully Imported
Heat Transfer Step: Steady-state	Steady-State Heat Transfer Step	Fully Imported
Heat Transfer Step: Transient	Transient Heat Transfer Step	Fully Imported
Static Perturbation Step	Static Perturbation Step	Fully Imported
Steady State Dynamics Step: Modal	Harmonic Response Step The frequency loading associated with the AFC Steady State Dynamics Step: Modal is mapped to a force in the Harmonic Response Step.	Fully Imported
Steady State Dynamics Step: Subspace	Harmonic Response Step	Partially Imported
Riks Step		-
Explicit Dynamic Step	Explicit Dynamic step	Fully Imported
Analysis Cases
Standard Analysis Case	Mechanical Sequence	Fully Imported
Explicit Analysis Case	Mechanical Sequence	Fully Imported
Thermal Analysis Case	Thermal Sequence	Fully Imported
Restraints
Clamp	Clamp	Fully Imported
Displacement Boundary Condition	Displacement Restraint	Fully Imported
Zero Displacement Boundary Condition applied to a Bolt Pretension Property	Bolt Restraint	Fully Imported
Imported Restraint		-
Velocity Boundary Condition: Translation Motion Components	Applied Translation Velocity and Displacement Restraint	Fully Imported
Velocity Boundary Condition: Rotation Motion Components	Applied RotationalVelocity and Displacement Restraint	Fully Imported
Acceleration Boundary Condition		-
Submodel Boundary Condition		-
Temperature Boundary Condition	Temperature Note: Mapping data is imported only if the mapping file exists at the specified location.
Loads
Base Motion, acceleration type	Acceleration Base Motion	Fully Imported
Base Motion, displacement type	Displacement Base Motion	Fully Imported
Base Motion, velocity type	Velocity Base Motion	Fully Imported
Body Heat Flux	Volumetric Heat Source Note: Mapping data is not imported.	Partially Imported
Distributed Load, force components	Remote Force	Fully Imported
Distributed Load, moment components	Remote Torque	Fully Imported
Film Condition	Film Condition Note: Mapping data is imported only if the mapping file exists at the specified location.	Fully Imported
Frequency Loading	Force	Fully Imported
Gravity	Gravity	Fully Imported
Imported Load		-
Load Density	Force	Fully Imported
Nonzero Displacement Boundary Condition applied to a Bolt Pretension Property	Bolt Displacement	Fully Imported
Point Heat Flux		-
Point Load applied to a Bolt Pretension Property	Bolt Force	Fully Imported
Point Load, force components	Force	Fully Imported
Point Load, moment components	Torque	Fully Imported
Pressure	Pressure Note: Mapping data will be imported only if the mapping file exists at the specified location.	Fully Imported
Rotational Body Force, acceleration components	Rotary Acceleration Force	Fully Imported
Rotational Body Force, velocity components	Centrifugal Force	Fully Imported
Surface Heat Flux	Heat Flux Note: Mapping data will be imported only if the mapping file exists at the specified location.	Fully Imported
Masses
Distributed Mass	Point Inertia (when support is a point or vertex), Mass Per Unit Length (when support is one-dimensional), or Mass Per Unit Area (when support is two dimensional).	Fully Imported
Line Mass Density	Mass Per Unit Length	Partially Imported
Surface Mass Density	Mass Per Unit Area	Partially Imported
Distributed Mass and Inertia	Point inertia (when support is 0-dimensional and no handler point is selected) Remote inertia for all other configurations with homogeneous supports. (Supports cannot include mixed types.)	Partially Imported
Temperature
Temperature	Temperature	Fully Imported
Temperature History	Temperature	Fully Imported
Output Requests
Field Output Request	Output	Fully Imported
History Output Request	Output	Fully Imported
Data Output Request		-

Considerations

Take the following considerations into account:

1D Property

Only a subset of the profile types available for 1D Property definitions in AFC can be imported into the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

• Fully imported: the Profile Types Cylindrical, Tubular, Rectangular, Thin box, Thin I, and Thin T; and Orientation geometry.
• Not imported: the Profile Types Thin U, Thin X, User defined beam, Beam from surface, Bar, and Variable Beam; and the Offset: None, Offset: Customized, Released DOF: None, Released DOF: Customized, and Variable beam factors options.

Local 1D Properties are also not imported.

2D Property

When you import 2D Property definitions from AFC, the resulting Shell Section created in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform retains the Thickness, Offset, and Data Mapping values from the original object. However, it does not import any Local 2D Property definition associated with the 2D Property.

2D Property Enhancement

2D Property Enhancements where Type is set to Membrane are imported as Membrane sections; Type: Homogeneous shell are imported as Shell sections; and Type: Composite shell are not imported.

3D Property

You can import 3D Property definitions from AFC when the Material Orientation option is set to None or Axis. 3D Property definitions with Material Orientation set to Surface are not imported.

Connections

Connection features are imported only for product assemblies. If an AFC feature is defined on a single part, the connections are not imported.

Steady State Dynamics Step: Subspace

Four of the five projection types available for the Steady State Dynamics Step: Subspace step type in Abaqus for CATIA V5 have direct analogies in the Harmonic Response step in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, and their names are similar, so the import mapping is clear for those types. The one projection type not supported for Harmonic Response steps is As a function of property changes, and if you import a step with this projection type, the import process creates a Harmonic Response step of projection type All frequencies. The import process does not include the Maximum damping change and Maximum stiffness change settings that can be included as part of a Steady State Dynamics Step: Subspace in Abaqus for CATIA V5 when the As a function of property changes projection type is used.

Secondary Base Motion

If the Abaqus for CATIA V5 data you import includes a Base Motion BC that specifies secondary base motion, the import process creates a displacement restraint in which the Base option is set to Secondary. Depending on the type of base motion described in V5, the import also creates Applied Rotation, Applied Translation, Applied Velocity, or Applied Acceleration loads defined using the newly created displacement restraint as its support.

Cyclic Symmetry

For the Cyclic Symmetry Property to be imported property, there must be a fastened pair in the initialization step, and the Enable cyclic symmetry option must be selected. If no fastened pair exists, the Cyclic Symmetry Property is not imported.

The two supports from the Fastened Pair definition are migrated to primary and secondary surfaces in the cyclic symmetry feature in the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

Virtual Bolt Tightening Connection Property

Whether a Virtual Bolt Tightening Connection Property is imported depends on the presence of the contact definition in the model:

• In the presence of frictional contact, a bolt force and V5 case-restraints are created under the first step and a bolt restraint and V5 case-loads are created in the second step.
• In the absence of contact or frictionless contact, a bolt force, V5 case-restraints and V5 case-loads are created under the first step. There are no additional steps and bolt restraints.