When you enter most modules, a Tools menu appears in the main menu bar containing all of the toolsets relevant to that module. A toolset is a functional unit that allows you to perform a specific modeling task. The following toolsets are available in ABAQUS/CAE:
The Amplitude toolset allows you to define arbitrary time or frequency variations of load, displacement, and other prescribed variables. For more information, see Chapter 39, “The Amplitude toolset.”
The Color Code toolset allows you to customize the edge and fill color of individual elements. For more information, see “Coloring individual elements,” Section 37.4.
The Coordinate System toolset allows you to create local coordinate systems for use in postprocessing. For more information, see “Creating coordinate systems during postprocessing,” Section 24.6.
The Create Field Output toolset allows you to perform operations on the field output available in an output database. For more information, see “Creating new field output,” Section 24.5.
The Datum toolset allows you to create datum points, axes, planes, and coordinate systems for a variety of modeling tasks. For more information, see Chapter 40, “The Datum toolset.”
The Display Group toolset allows you to selectively plot one or more model or output database items. For more information, see Chapter 51, “Using display groups to display subsets of your model.”
The Edit Mesh toolset allows you to modify a mesh to improve mesh quality. For more information, see Chapter 41, “The Edit Mesh toolset.”
The Feature Manipulation toolset allows you to modify and manage the existing features in your model. For more information, see Chapter 42, “The Feature Manipulation toolset.”
The Filter toolset allows you to remove extraneous history output data—noise—during the analysis of a model without a loss of resolution in the desired data range. For more information, see Chapter 43, “The Filter toolset.”
The Partition toolset allows you to divide a part or assembly into regions. For more information, see Chapter 44, “The Partition toolset.”
The Path toolset allows you to specify a path through your model along which you can obtain and view X–Y data. For more information, see Chapter 32, “Viewing results along a path.”
The Query toolset allows you to obtain general information about your model and to probe model and X–Y plots for output data. For more information, see Chapter 45, “The Query toolset.”
The Reference Point toolset allows you to create reference points associated with a part or assembly. For more information, see Chapter 46, “The Reference Point toolset.”
The Repair toolset allows you to repair invalid and imprecise imported parts. For more information, see Chapter 47, “The Repair toolset.”
The Set toolset and the Surface toolset allow you to define sets and surfaces from regions of a model. For more information, see Chapter 48, “The Set and Surface toolsets.”
When you are meshing a part or a part instance, the Virtual Topology toolset toolset allows you to ignore details, such as very small faces and edges. For more information, see Chapter 49, “The Virtual Topology toolset.”
The XY Data toolset allows you to create and operate on X–Y data objects. For more information, see Chapter 30, “X–Y plotting.”
In most cases the objects that you create with a toolset in one module are useful in other modules. For example, you can use the Set toolset to create sets in the Assembly module and then apply boundary conditions to those sets in the Load module. Most of the toolsets include manager menus and manager dialog boxes that allow you to edit, copy, rename, and delete the objects you create with the toolset.