In the new release, it is much easier to visualize the normal directions and correct them if needed. In earlier releases, the only available option was to visualize the associated surfaces by brown and purple color sides. In the 2017 release, it is possible to visualize the normal direction of shells participating in a surface-to-surface interaction through a vector. More visual information on interactions.

All other objects can be up to 38 characters long. Now the names of parts, models, instances, sets, and surfaces can be up to 80 characters long. In case of curved faces, CAE prompts the user to pick a point location on the face by various options. In case of planar faces, normal is displayed instantly. In the 2017 release, it is possible to visualize the normal of the face or surface by picking it in the viewport. In case of surfaces, name, type, and association with instances, constraints, or interactions can be obtained. In case of sets, information about geometry, nodes, and elements can be obtained with respect to label, type, connectivity and association with part or instance, whichever is applicable. In the 2017 release, query toolbox includes set and surface definition options.

In earlier releases, it was not possible to see the content of a set or surface in the form of text, though it was possible to visualize the content in the viewport. The sets and surfaces can be created at part as well as assembly level. New set and surface queries in query toolset.In the 2017 release, missing regions can be identified in a data check run, thus saving time by eliminating fatal error runs. In previous releases, this check was not included in data check runs, so it was not possible to detect this error unless a full run was executed. A more detailed explanation of any mentioned update, or answers to further questions, can be obtained either by listening to the webinar recordings at SIMULIA 3D Experience user community portal, leaving a comment on this post, or contacting us.Ībaqus CAE users would probably agree that this mistake happens quite often, even though the parts with defined section assignments are displayed in a separate color. In this blog post, I provide a brief highlight of updates in Abaqus CAE 2017. The first release of Abaqus 2017 is now available for download at the media download portal. The Dassault Systèmes SIMULIA portfolio releases new versions of its software products every year, and this year is no different.

Abaqus 6.14 release