When i export model from Hypermesh 2020 with Abaqus profile, How can i have the contact surfaces fomat like output from Hypermesh 2017?

Ye Tian
Ye Tian Altair Community Member
edited April 2022 in Community Q&A

in HM2020, the exported contact surfaces are defined in a indirect way, like this:

*Surface, NAME = Surface_2_M, TYPE = ELEMENT

_Surface_2_M_S1,S1
_Surface_2_M_S2,S2
_Surface_2_M_S3,S3
_Surface_2_M_S4,S4

 

how can i get the old way back? like in 2017

*SURFACE, NAME = Surface_2_M, TYPE = ELEMENT
872555695, S3
872548513, S3
872542437, S3
.......

 

THANK YOU for HELP

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  • Jason_Craanen
    Jason_Craanen
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2022

    Hello,

    This is a new enhancement in Abaqus to follow set based contact surface.

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  • Tobias Wahl
    Tobias Wahl Altair Community Member
    edited April 2022

    That does not really answer the question. Is there any way to turn off the "enhancement"?

    I have the same issue and dont want to have a split surface definition with hidden element-sets that I did not define.

  • Ye Tian
    Ye Tian Altair Community Member
    edited April 2022

    Hi Tobias,

    i asked Altair support, it is not possible with HM2020 version.

    the proposed solution is to install the latest version 2021.2, then there will be an export option for it, and the output looks promising (see pic). i have not tried yet, but good to know i can stop struggling. 

    image

    image

  • Jason_Craanen
    Jason_Craanen
    Altair Employee
    edited April 2022
    Ye Tian said:

    Hi Tobias,

    i asked Altair support, it is not possible with HM2020 version.

    the proposed solution is to install the latest version 2021.2, then there will be an export option for it, and the output looks promising (see pic). i have not tried yet, but good to know i can stop struggling. 

    image

    image

    Thanks Ye for that suggestion! 

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