Enter an angle and select an element to select an entire face. Abaqus/CAE then selects every adjacent edge since none of the angles is equal to or exceeds the angle that you entered.įigure 2 illustrates how the angle method allows you to select all the elements around the flange of an exhaust manifold mesh.įigure 2. Abaqus/CAE starts from the selected geometry and selects all adjacent geometry until the angle you entered is met or exceeded.įor example, to select the edges of a regular hexagon, enter an angle greater than 60° (since each adjacent edge must be rotated 60° to form the shape from a straight wire), and select one of the edges.
The angle must be greater than the angle through which adjacent edges or faces must rotate to create the geometry as if it was being formed by bending a straight wire or folding a series of faces. In the prompt area, you enter an angle (from 0° to 90°).įrom the part or assembly, you select a face, edge, element face, or node. Selecting objects using the angle method is a two-step process: Selecting individual objects is described in Selecting and unselecting individual objects.
Choose the selection method from the field in the prompt area.
