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<div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">I use the software Rhino3d to create a surface, export the surface as an ACIS file (.sat), and then import the surface into Abaqus/CAE as a part. Works well for simple surfaces; complex volumes sometimes have
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Hani Farouq Abul Khair <<a href="mailto:hani.abulkhair@adelaide.edu.au">hani.abulkhair@adelaide.edu.au</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>Geoscientific Abaqus User Group <<a href="mailto:geoqus@lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de">geoqus@lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Tuesday, April 2, 2013 10:46 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:geoqus@lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de">geoqus@lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de</a>" <<a href="mailto:geoqus@lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de">geoqus@lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[Geoqus] Importing surfaces<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi All<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I sent an email couple of weeks ago asking about how can I import an ASCII surface with XYZ values into Abaqus<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I tried Autocad but didn`t work<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any idea?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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