This section explains how to assign Abaqus/Standard and Abaqus/Explicit element types to mesh regions and to elements of orphan meshes. The following topics are covered:

• “How do mesh elements correspond to Abaqus elements?,” Section 17.5.1

• “What kinds of elements must be generated outside the Mesh module?,” Section 17.5.2

• “Element type assignment,” Section 17.5.3