Connectors allow you to model a connection between two points in an assembly or between a point in an assembly and ground. To model a connector in ABAQUS/CAE, you must create an assembly-level wire feature, a connector section, and a connector section assignment that associates the connector section with selected wires.

The wire feature contains one or more wires that define the underlying connector geometry. The connector section specifies the type of connection and connector behaviors. Similar to the manner in which you assign a section to a region of the model in the Property module, you create a connector section assignment to assign a connector section to a region of the model; specifically, you assign a connector section to wires. You also specify local orientations for the endpoints of the wires in the connector section assignment definition.

For more information on connectors in ABAQUS/CAE, including an overview and an example of connector modeling, see “Modeling connectors,” Section 21.3.