The GiD-Abaqus interface permits to extract mesh files suitable for input for the analysis software program Abaqus .
The interface is compatible from Abaqus 6.5.
The data that can be output after the preprocessing is detailed below:
- The mesh: elements and nodes. All GiD supported elements can be printed, defining their formulation as an extra condition
- Sets of nodes
- Sets of elements
- Sets of surfaces (defined by nodes or face elements)
- Elastic materials
- Local coordinate systems
Before running the simulation, the file needs to be edited in order to identify each one of the created sets with the corresponding condition.
Note: GiD can import .inp mesh files in Abaqus format without load this problemtype (the Abaqus mesh importer is implemented as another GiD plugin)