Hypermesh to Abaqus

Dear experts,

I am facing a problem when exporting an input file to ABAQUS. It stated '---- elements have missing properties definition'. I will explain the steps I took for this analysis.

1) Imported STL file in hypermesh

2) Tetrameshed STL model

3) Created material properties

4) Created property (solid_section)

5) Assigned to the tetrameshed model

6) Export to ABAQUS as input file

Did I do anything wrong from the steps I mentioned above? Please correct and advise me some suggestions to solve this problem. Thanks a lot in advance.

Best,
Mushi

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Altair Forum User

Hi mushi,

As of my knowledge you have missed one step after assigning the property.

Just try this step

GOTO menu bar > mesh > Assign > Element Type > check 2D&3D >select Tria4 = C3D4

Select all Tetra4 elements

Update

Export and check it

Altair Forum User

Hi Raviteja,

Thanks a lot for your suggestion. I just did that step but the same problem occurred. I have a look in the input file and noticed that I have two element types: one is S3 and another is C3D4. Do I also have to assign material properties for S3? Or can I delete the S3 elements?