Product: Abaqus/CAE
Benefits: When you use orphan element faces to create geometric faces, you can now specify the stitch tolerance and the tolerance value for surface fitting as you create the geometric faces. You can also defer all stitching until after all geometric faces have been created. These enhancements streamline the process of creating geometry and, in turn, parts from orphan mesh parts.
Description: The Face from geometry geometry editing functionality now enables you to control the stitch tolerance and the tolerance for fitting of analytic surfaces as you create geometric faces from orphan elements. Figure 3–2 shows the new options as they appear in Abaqus/CAE.
If you defer stitching, you can still use the geometry editing tools to edit the newly created features and to stitch edges. Deferring most or all of the stitching until late in the modeling process can be a more efficient modeling option because each stitching operation can require a fair amount of processing power to complete.
Part module:
Tools
Geometry Edit: Face: From element faces: click Options in the prompt area