ABAQUS/CAE uses a faceted representation of a curved face or a curved edge when displaying a part or part instance. When you are working in the Part module, you can use the Curve refinement option from the Part Display Options dialog box to specify the degree of this faceting applied to the current part. You can select one of five faceting levels between extra coarse and extra fine. Set the refinement to Extra Coarse to speed up display of a large model. Set the refinement to Extra Fine if you want to create a very accurate display for printing. ABAQUS/CAE applies the curve refinement setting only to the part in the current viewport.
In addition, ABAQUS/CAE uses the faceted representation of a part instance in the Assembly module when determining contact between part instances. You use the Curve refinement option to control the accuracy of this contact computation.
To control curve refinement:
Locate the Curve refinement options.
From the main menu bar, select View
Part Display Options. In the dialog box that appears, click the General tab.
Select the desired curve refinement setting.
Click OK to implement your changes and to close the dialog box.
ABAQUS/CAE applies the curve refinement setting only to the part in the current viewport.
