You can repair selected small faces of a part. ABAQUS/CAE removes the small faces and repairs the adjoining edges and faces to create a closed geometry. The operation to repair small faces is stored as a feature of the part; as a result, you can use the Model Tree to delete or suppress the operation.
To repair small faces:
From the main menu bar, select Tools
Repair.
ABAQUS/CAE displays the Geometry Repair Tools dialog box.
Tip:
You can also repair small faces using the 
tool, located with the repair tools in the Part module toolbox. For a diagram of the repair tools in the toolbox, see “An overview of repair techniques,” Section 47.2.
From the dialog box, select Repair small faces and click OK.
Select the faces that you want to repair. You can select the faces from the viewport or select an existing set containing the faces.
Note: The default selection method is based on the selection method you most recently employed. To revert to the other method, click Select in Viewport or Sets on the right side of the prompt area.
You can use a combination of drag select, [Shift]+Click, [Ctrl]+Click, and the angle method to select more than one small face to repair. For more information, see “Selecting objects within the current viewport,” Section 6.2.
Tip:
If you are unable to select the desired faces, you can change the selection behavior by clicking the selection options tool 
in the prompt area. For more information, see “Using the selection options,” Section 6.3.
Click mouse button 2 to indicate that you have finished selecting small faces.
ABAQUS/CAE repairs the small faces.
If you have finished repairing the part, you should check its validity by clicking mouse button 3 on the part in the Model Tree and selecting Update validity from the menu that appears.
