On 11 Apr 2013, at 01:21, Omid Mahabadi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Christophe, > I have been using the updated Gmsh with the Abaqus NSET export and it has > been working very well so far. I've only come across a tiny issue, that is, > the names of Physical Entities are not used from the geometry file. Instead, > they are numbered automatically in the exported inp file (e.g., > PhysicalLine2,..., PhysicalSurface1,...). Is there a way to preserve the > names specified in the geo file? > This should be fixed in the latest svn. Thanks for the feedback, Christophe > Thank you, > Omid > > > On 05/04/13 12:02 PM, Christophe Geuzaine wrote: >> On 05 Apr 2013, at 17:49, Omid Mahabadi <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On 05/04/13 10:25 AM, Christophe Geuzaine wrote: >>>> On 05 Apr 2013, at 16:13, Omid Mahabadi <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> I thought quite a bit about element types in Abaqus. The reality is that >>>>> there are so many different element types in Abaqus that makes defining a >>>>> "generic" type rather impossible. I would suggest to keep the default >>>>> Abaqus export as currently is, but give the user the option to define >>>>> custom types in the gmsh geometry file. For instance, in the case of a 2D >>>>> mesh, the user may define a maximum of two strings for the 1D and 2D >>>>> element types, which can look like: >>>>> Mesh.Abaqus.ElementType.1D = "C1D2" >>>>> Mesh.Abaqus.ElementType.2D = "C2D3" >>>>> (I'm just mimicking gmsh's syntax here) >>>>> >>>>> I discussed the above suggestion with another colleague of mine who has >>>>> used Abaqus in the past and it made sense to them. What are your thoughts? >>>>> >>>> With SVN r15202 I at least changed the default tags to tags that should be >>>> understood by Abaqus/Standard (had to change lines, triangles and quads). >>>> We might want more flexibility in the future, but it might also be >>>> overkill (we need types for 1st order and 2nd order elements, etc.). >>> I totally agree as user-defined types can get complicated. >>> On a side note, for your information I've realized that now Element numbers >>> don't start from 1 anymore. >> Indeed: that's a side-effect of the new scheme. Since we must remember the >> numbers in the ELSETS, we cannot just renumber on-the-fly as before. >> >>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> Omid >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 05/04/13 06:35 AM, Christophe Geuzaine wrote: >>>>>> On 05 Apr 2013, at 12:07, Christophe Geuzaine <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 18 Mar 2013, at 18:03, Pierre-Frederic Villard >>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have issues with importing gmsh-created meshes in Abaqus 6.12. I >>>>>>>> tried two methods, which equally failed: >>>>>>>> 1 - I tried to save the mesh as OpenCASCADE step format but I have an >>>>>>>> error: "Error : No OpenCASCADE model found" >>>>>>> Hi Pierre-Frederic - This would actually not export the mesh, but the >>>>>>> CAD model - so it's not what you want. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 2 - I tried to save the model as an Abaqus INP file but I have a >>>>>>>> problem importing it in Abaqus : "Element type "C2D3" is not >>>>>>>> supported." with triangles and "Element type "C1D2" is not supported" >>>>>>>> with segments. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> Indeed. I just had a look at the Abaqus documentation, and C2D3 and >>>>>>> C1D2 do not seem to be in the general "Element Indexes" available in >>>>>>> Abaqus/Standard. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What should we use when we export "generic" elements (i.e., not linked >>>>>>> to any physics)? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> @Omid - any ideas? >>>>>> I've committed r15202 with the ideas from >>>>>> >>>>>> https://geuz.org/trac/gmsh/ticket/129 >>>>>> >>>>>> @Abaqus users: let me know if this is better... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>> Does anyone have any idea how to solve this problem? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Pierre >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> gmsh mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> http://www.geuz.org/mailman/listinfo/gmsh >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Prof. Christophe Geuzaine >>>>>>> University of Liege, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science >>>>>>> http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~geuzaine >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Omid Mahabadi >>>>> Geomechanica, Inc. >>>>> Tel: (647) 478-9767 x824 >>>>> >>> -- >>> Omid Mahabadi >>> Geomechanica, Inc. >>> Tel: (647) 478-9767 x824 >>> > > -- > Omid Mahabadi > Geomechanica, Inc. > Tel: (647) 478-9767 x824 > > > _______________________________________________ > gmsh mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.geuz.org/mailman/listinfo/gmsh -- Prof. Christophe Geuzaine University of Liege, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~geuzaine _______________________________________________ gmsh mailing list [email protected] http://www.geuz.org/mailman/listinfo/gmsh
