11.9.1 Solid features

To create a solid feature, select ShapeSolid from the main menu bar or select one of the solid tools in the Part module toolbox. Once you have sketched the initial profile, you perform one of the following operations to create the feature:

You can use any of the solid tools to add a solid feature to a deformable or discrete part that you created in three-dimensional modeling space. You cannot add a solid feature to a two-dimensional or axisymmetric part.

Figure 11–15, Figure 11–17, Figure 11–18, and Figure 11–20 illustrate how each feature might later be meshed. You can mesh a solid feature using any of the three-dimensional, solid continuum elements available in ABAQUS/Standard or ABAQUS/Explicit.


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