When performing an analysis, you may want to study the effects of different combinations of step-dependent objects, such as loads, or you may want to temporarily exclude an object from the model, such as excluding a boundary condition in a design analysis. You can create a model that includes all of the objects and then suppress the objects that you want to exclude from the model prior to the analysis. Suppressed objects are not written to the input file and are treated as deleted objects. You should review your model for any references to suppressed objects. For more information, see “What happens when deleted objects are referred to?,” Section 3.4.8.
After you create a step-dependent object, the manager displays a green check mark in the column along the left side of the manager next to the name of the object. You can suppress an object from a step-dependent manager by clicking the green check mark next to the object. For example, if you click the green check mark to the left of the load named Force in the Load Manager shown in Figure 3–16, the icon changes to a red “X” and the cells displaying the status of the load in each step are shaded gray to indicate that the load is suppressed, as shown in Figure 3–17.
You can also select Suppress
object in the appropriate menu from the main menu bar to suppress a step-dependent object. For example, to suppress the load named Force shown in Figure 3–16, you would select LoadSuppressForce from the main menu bar of the Load module.You cannot edit suppressed objects; however, you can copy, rename, and delete them. Symbols for suppressed objects are not displayed in the viewport.
You can resume a step-dependent object that was previously suppressed. If you attempt to resume an object that is not valid for a given procedure type, ABAQUS/CAE displays an error message. You can use the manager or the Resume menu item from the main menu bar to resume the object. In the manager, click the red “X” to change the icon back to a green check mark and to remove the cell shading. Symbols for resumed objects are displayed in the viewport.
You can also use the Model Tree to suppress or resume a step-dependent object by clicking mouse button 3 on the object and selecting Suppress or Resume from the menu that appears. The Model Tree displays a red “X” next to an object to indicate that it is suppressed. For more information, see “An overview of the Model Tree,” Section 3.5.1.
