A process performed during the import of a part into Abaqus/CAE to improve the accuracy of the part's geometry.

• “Importing parts,” Section 10.7.2 of the Abaqus/CAE User's Manual

The activity of a step-dependent object through the course of an analysis. In Abaqus/CAE you can view the histories of step-dependent objects by displaying the appropriate step-dependent manager.

• “Defining a model in Abaqus,” Section 1.3.1 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Manual

• “What are step-dependent managers?,” Section 3.4.2 of the Abaqus/CAE User's Manual

The portion of an Abaqus input file that defines what happens to the model—the sequence of events or loadings for which the model's response is sought. History data are combined with model data in the input file that defines a model.

• “Defining a model in Abaqus,” Section 1.3.1 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Manual

The output of variables that are written relatively frequently to the output database—as often as every increment. You can use history output in the Visualization module of Abaqus/CAE to generate X–Y plots.

• “Output,” Section 4.1.1 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Manual

Solid and shell sections that define the section properties of solid and shell elements and refer to a single material.

• “Using a shell section integrated during the analysis to define the section behavior,” Section 29.6.5 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Manual

• “Using a general shell section to define the section behavior,” Section 29.6.6 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Manual

• “Solid (continuum) elements,” Section 28.1.1 of the Abaqus Analysis User's Manual

• “Defining sections,” Section 12.2.3 of the Abaqus/CAE User's Manual