Context: Many computer-aided modeling and drafting applications can read and write ACIS files; therefore, you can transfer parts between Abaqus/CAE and these applications. You can export the assembly at any time during an Abaqus/CAE session. You can export the geometry of parts; orphan elements, if they exist, are not included in the exported parts. You can export the complete assembly to a single file and maintain the part and model instances. The assembly is exported with all applied transformations. Assembly-level constraints (such as the parallel face or coaxial position constraint) are not exported. When you export the assembly to the ACIS part (SAT) format, Abaqus/CAE exports a copy of each part transformed to its position in the assembly. This file is a flat part file with no assembly structure. If you subsequently import the SAT file, Abaqus/CAE creates a part corresponding to each ACIS part in the SAT file for later use when you instance the part in the Assembly module. When you create instances of the imported ACIS parts, Abaqus/CAE uses the position information to recreate the original assembly. You cannot import the assembly directly. When you export the assembly to the ACIS assembly (ASAT) format, Abaqus/CAE exports "true" assembly part instance information; no duplication of part information, separate position information, and model instance support. The import of assemblies in an ACIS assembly (ASAT) format is not supported. | ||||||||||||