Context:
The edges need not be contiguous, but they must bound the face and subtend
an angle less than 180 degrees, as shown in the following figure:
You first select the face to partition and then select one of two methods to
define the position of the partition along the two edges;
Abaqus/CAE
draws a Bézier curve connecting the two points. You can locate the partition
along the selected edges by either:
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Entering a parameter value between zero and one, where zero represents
the start vertex of the edge and one the end vertex. This method allows you to
precisely position the partition anywhere along the edges. In addition, you can
subsequently modify the partition using the
Feature Manipulation toolset
to edit the two parameters that you entered to locate the partition.
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Clicking the midpoint or a datum point along the edge. If you use this
method to position a curved partition, you will not be able to modify the
partition later.