To create a solid feature, select
ShapeSolid
from the main menu bar or select one of the solid tools in the
Part module
toolbox. Once you have sketched the initial profile, you perform one of the
following operations to create the feature:
To create an extruded solid feature, you extrude the profile through a
specified distance (d), as shown in
Figure 1.
Figure 1. An extruded solid feature.
In addition, you can apply either draft or twist to the extrusion, as
shown in
Figure 2.
Figure 2. An extruded solid feature with draft and one with twist.
You define the draft angle for an extrusion with draft or the center of
twist and the pitch (the extrusion distance in which a 360° twist occurs) for
an extrusion with twist. Select
ShapeSolidExtrude
from the main menu bar to create this type of feature.
To create a solid loft feature, you transition the shape from the
initial loft section to an end section of a different shape or orientation.
Abaqus/CAE
determines the shape between the start and end sections using tangency
constraints, intermediate sections, and a path curve. A simple loft (with only
two loft sections, no tangency constraints, and a straight path) is shown in
Figure 3.
Select
ShapeSolidLoft
from the main menu bar to create this type of feature.
Figure 3. A solid loft feature.
To create a revolved solid feature, you revolve the profile through a
specified angle ().
A construction line serves as the axis of revolution, as shown in
Figure 4.
Figure 4. A revolved solid feature.
In addition, you can enter a pitch value (p)
to translate the profile along the axis of revolution as it is revolved;
Figure 5
shows a solid revolved 360° with pitch. Select
ShapeSolidRevolve
from the main menu bar to create this type of feature.
Figure 5. A 360° revolved solid feature with pitch
(p).
To create a swept solid feature, you sweep the profile along a specified
path, as shown in
Figure 6.
Select
ShapeSolidSweep
from the main menu bar to create this type of feature. For more information,
see
Defining the sweep path and the sweep profile.
Figure 6. A swept solid feature.
You can use any of the solid tools to add a solid feature to a deformable or
discrete part that you created in three-dimensional modeling space. You cannot
add a solid feature to a two-dimensional or axisymmetric part.
Figure 1,
Figure 3,
Figure 4,
and
Figure 6
illustrate how each feature might later be meshed. You can mesh a solid feature
using any of the three-dimensional, solid continuum elements available in
Abaqus/Standard
or
Abaqus/Explicit.
