*IMPORT ELSET

Import element set definitions from a previous Abaqus/Explicit or Abaqus/Standard analysis.

This option is used to import element set definitions that were defined in a previous Abaqus/Explicit or Abaqus/Standard analysis. If the IMPORT ELSET option is used, it must appear after the IMPORT option.

If the IMPORT ELSET option is used with the RENAME parameter, it must appear after an IMPORT option with active RENAME and EOFFSET parameters.

If this option is omitted or is specified without any data lines and all IMPORT options that reference a previous analysis do not include the RENAME parameter, all the element sets relevant to the analysis are imported. References to elements that are not imported are removed from imported sets.

This option is ignored if you specify the full-model input format in the *IMPORT CONTROLS option because data for all imported element sets are given in the input.

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*IMPORT
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Transferring Results between Abaqus/Explicit and Abaqus/Standard

Products Abaqus/Standard Abaqus/Explicit

Type Model data

LevelModel

Required parameter if the imported element sets are to be renamed

RENAME

Include this parameter to indicate that the imported element sets will be given new names.

Data lines to specify the element set definitions to be imported but not renamed

First line

  1. List of element sets that are to be imported. Specify only element set names that are used in the previous Abaqus/Explicit or Abaqus/Standard analysis.

Repeat this data line as often as necessary to define the element sets to be imported. Up to 16 element sets can be listed per line.

Data lines to specify the element set definitions to be imported and renamed

First line

  1. The name of the element set to be imported. Specify only element set names that are used in the previous Abaqus/Explicit or Abaqus/Standard analysis.

  2. The new name of the element set in the import analysis.

Repeat this data line as often as necessary to specify the old and new names of the element sets to be imported.