Modeling connectors

The procedure for modeling and using connectors in Abaqus/CAE involves the following general steps:

  1. Create reference points and datum coordinate systems to use when modeling connectors.

  2. Create assembly-level wire features.

  3. Create connector sections to define the connection types, connector behavior, and section data.

  4. Create a connector section assignment that associates the connector section with the wires that you select and that specifies the orientations for the first and second points of the wires that you select.

  5. In the Load module, prescribe connector loads and connector boundary conditions to simulate connector actuations and constrain material flow.

  6. In the Step module, create field and history output requests for connectors.

  7. In the Visualization module, plot connector output results; control the display of connector section assignments, wire endpoints, connection types, and current local orientations; and animate the time history of wire endpoints and local orientations.