How to import Abaqus meshes.

[ES3]

MARS now supports reading Abaqus meshes, include the following element types:

2-node beam elements (B31 category)
3-node triangle elements (S3 category)
4-node quadralateral elements (S4 category)
4-node Tetrahedral (C3D4 category)
8-node Hexahedral elements (C3D8 category)

Given C3D4 as an example, the input format for MARS is

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TetSolidList block Geometry {
  ReadAbaqusMesh {
    FileName abaqus.inp   // Abaqus file
    Part part_name        // only needed when the part name is given explicitly in Abaqus
    LengthUnits mm        // unit used in Abaqus when the mesh is generated
  }
}


[Frank]

Good to have this new feature. It opens the door for the ease of complicated geometry modeling.