Abaqus Utility Menu

Macros are included on the Abaqus page of the Utility menu when you load the Abaqus user profile.

Table 1.
Utility Description
Solid Face Alignment 3 Standard3D, Explicit
Align Faces Determines the default stack or thickness direction for Abaqus composite solid, gasket and continuum shell elements.
Review Opens the Element Selector panel, from which you to select solid elements. Selected elements are highlighted. When you click proceed, it highlights the face1 of selected solids and draws an arrow along the default stack (or thickness) direction of selected solids.
Reset Deletes the stack (or thickness) direction arrows.
Dummy Applies to templates: Explicit
Positioning Process Manager Tool that guides you through a workflow of positioning a dummy in a seat.
Tools Applies to templates: Standard2D, Standard3D, Explicit
Contact Comparison Activates the Tie-Comparison tool, from which you can compare the Tie-Contact elements created in Engineering Solutions to the Tie-Contact elements created by the Abaqus Solver.
Step Manager Activates the Abaqus Step Manager, from which you can define Abaqus history (*STEP) information in Engineering Solutions.
Contact Manager Activates the Abaqus Contact Manager, from which you can create, edit and review the following cards in Engineering Solutions:
  • *CONTACT
  • *CONTACT DAMPING
  • *CONTACT PAIR
  • *FRICTION
  • *PRE-TENSION SECTION
  • *SHELL TO SOLID COUPLING
  • *SURFACE, TYPE = ELEMENT
  • *SURFACE, TYPE = NODE
  • *SURFACE, COMBINE
  • *SURFACE, CROP
  • *SURFACE, TYPE = CUTTING SURFACE
  • *SURFACE, TYPE = CYLINDER, REVOLUTION or SEGMENTS
  • *SURFACE INTERACTION
  • *SURFACE BEHAVIOR
  • *TIE
Find and Replace Searches the entity names in your model for every occurrence of a specific character, and automatically replaces the character with a new one that you specify.
SPH Mesh Generates SPH elements for selected components in your model.

(Explicit only)