Preprocessing—rerunning the model with Abaqus/Explicit

Use Abaqus/CAE to modify the model for this simulation. Abaqus provides scripts that replicate the complete analysis model for this problem. Run one of these scripts if you encounter difficulties following the instructions given below or if you wish to check your work. Scripts are available in the following locations:

  • A Python script for this example is provided in Forming a channel. Instructions on how to fetch the script and run it within Abaqus/CAE are given in Example Files.

  • A plug-in script for this example is available in the Abaqus/CAE Plug-in toolset. To run the script from Abaqus/CAE, select Plug-insAbaqusGetting Started; highlight Forming a channel; and click Run. For more information about the Getting Started plug-ins, see Running the Getting Started with Abaqus examples.

Before starting, open the model database file for the channel forming example created in Abaqus/Standard 2D example: forming a channel.


In this section:

Determining an appropriate step time
Abaqus/Explicit forming analysis
Strategy for evaluating the results
Evaluating the results