The substructure is imported as a mesh part feature consisting of a single substructure element with one or more groups of nodes. A substructure property is also created. You can select nodes from the substructure to create orphan node groups. You can also create features that use these node groups; for example, ties, connectors, point forces, and clamps. Notes:
If you use the substructure as a component in a
larger assembly, you must create an assembly of meshes and connect the substructure to the
other mesh components.
If you import a Simpack flexible body input file (.fbi) with data generated by a 3rd party FE solver, the content is first converted into an Abaqus substructure file and then integrated into the product structure. |