Remeshing and Matching Meshes

The electrical and mechanical models must use the same mesh for Abaqus to correctly map the time history of the voltage potential from the electrical simulation onto the mechanical model.

If you need to remesh the model, you must remesh the electrical model and re-run the simulation. You can then apply the new electrical mesh to a new mechanical model using the copy objects capability in Abaqus/CAE which will copy the entire mesh from the electrical to the mechanical model. After you have copied the mesh, you must redefine all of the unique attributes for the mechanical model, including sets, surfaces, section assignments, orientations, and engineering features.