Advanced Material Exchange does not allow you to import a structural part that contains multiple sections. You will be forced to choose the single section you wish to import.
To alleviate this limitation, you can quickly modify the Abaqus input file and combine the sections.
- Locate the section definitions in the input file. For a solid model, this appears as *Solid Section. For a shell model, this appears as *Shell Section.
*Solid Section, Elset=Set-1, Material=Material-1 , ** *Solid Section, Elset=Set-2, Material=Material-1 ,
In the example above we see two solid sections defined by different element sets.
- Create a new element set that contains the two existing element sets.
*Elset, Elset=Set-3, Set-1, Set-2
- Create a new section that is defined by the new, combined element set.
*Solid Section, Elset=Set-3, Material=Material-1 ,
Now the entire part, with both sections can be imported into Advanced Material Exchange.
As an example, consider the case of the fan part shown below. We have a model with two sections, one for the fan blades, and one for the base.
When we try to import the model into Advanced Material Exchange we will be prompted to choose only one section.
After we create a new element set and section definition in the input file, we can import the entire part.
