Parts Section

  • Used to specify VMoveCAE how to group elements into parts, what parts to translate and what parts to filter.

  • This is an optional section.

  • Each data line should contain the name of one part that needs to be translated or filtered.

  • Users can use * as a wildcard character.

  • Usage Example:

    * PARTS, GROUPING=element-set

- PART-1-1_PLATE
- CLAMP
- HB*
- STD*, FILTER

Section Attributes

  • GROUPING: Part grouping to be used.

    • Supported values:

      • property-id

      • material-id

      • element-set

      • face-set

      • element-and-face-sets

      • element-type-number

      • fea-type

      • no-parts

      • ansa-part

      • hypermesh-components

    • Default value: If part grouping is not specified, VMoveCAE uses default part grouping based on the file type. The default part grouping for different file formats is specified in the following table.

    File Type

    Default Part Grouping

    ABAQUS_ODB

    element-set

    ABAQUS_INP

    property-id

    CREO SIMULATE(.rpt)

    Materials

    ENSIGHT CASE(.case, .encase)

    Cell Zones

    NASTRAN (.bdf)

    Properties

    ControlDict

    CellZones, FaceZones

    FLUENT

    CellZones, FaceZones

    CGNS

    CellZones

    LSDYNA

    Materials

    ANSYS_RTH

    Element Types

    ABAQUS_FIL

    Element sets

    SIEMENS_STARCCM

    CellZones, FaceZones

    ANSYS CFX (.res)

    CellZones, FaceZones

    MARC_POST

    Element Types, Contact Bodies

    NASTRAN_XDB

    Properties

    NASTRAN_OP2

    Properties

    ANSYS_CDB

    Element Types

    ANSYS_RST

    Element Types

    TECPLOT_PLT

    CellZones

    STEREO_STL

    Properties

Data Attributes

  • TRANSLATE: Translates the part from Cax output. This is the default behavior.

  • FILTER: Filters the part from Cax output.

Examples & Description

Example 1

* PARTS, GROUPING=element-set

-  PART-1-1_PLATE
-  CLAMP
-  HB*

Creates parts in CAX files based on the element sets in the model file. The resulting CAX file will contain the following parts.

  • PART-1-1_PLATE

  • CLAMP

  • All element sets whose name starts with HB.

Example 2

* PARTS, GROUPING=property-id

-  ASSEMBLY_PART-1-1_LING1, FILTER
-  ASSEMBLY_PART-1-1_TRACE1, FILTER
-  *SOIL*, FILTER

Creates parts in CAX files based on the property ids (sections in Abaqus ODB files) in the model. The resulting CAX file will contain all the sections as parts except for the following.

  • ASSEMBLY_PART-1-1_LING1

  • ASSEMBLY_PART-1-1_TRACE1

  • All sections with SOIL inside the name.