From the or
menu in the main menu bar, select
to display the Interaction
Manager or Constraint Manager.
Choose one of the following methods:
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To edit an interaction, click the cell located in the row of the
interaction that you want to modify and in the column of the step in which it
was created and click Edit. Alternatively, you can just
double-click the cell.
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To edit a constraint, select the name of the constraint and click
Edit.
If you are editing a foundation interaction, either you are prompted
to edit the region by selecting or unselecting objects in the viewport or the
Region Selection dialog box appears in which you can
select a surface that you have already created using the
Surface toolset.
If you are editing any other type of interaction or a constraint, the
appropriate editor appears. The editor for all interactions except general
contact contains an Edit Region option for each region
involved in the interaction or constraint definition.
If your interaction or constraint definition includes both a master
surface and a slave surface or region, the master surface appears highlighted
in red and the slave surface or region appears highlighted in magenta during
the editing procedure.
If you are editing a surface-to-surface contact interaction, yellow
arrows are displayed on the shell surfaces to show the shell normal that was
selected when the interaction was created. On geometry, a single arrow is
displayed at the centroid of each face on the shell surface. On native or
orphan meshes, an arrow is displayed on each of the element faces on the shell
surface. If you edit the master surface or the slave surface, the arrows are
displayed for the selected surface.
If you are editing a general contact interaction, modify the contact
domain using the methods described in
Defining general contact.
If you are editing a constraint or an interaction other than general
contact or foundation, click
for the region that you want to modify. For example, if you are
editing a surface-to-surface contact interaction and you want to modify the
master surface, click
next to the Master surface label in the
editor.
If you are editing a constraint or an interaction other than general
contact, edit the region by selecting and unselecting objects in the viewport.
If you are editing the host region to which an embedded region constraint is
applied, first select the selection method. When you have finished editing the
region, click mouse button 2. (For more information, see
Selecting objects within the viewport.”)
If you would rather select from a list of existing sets or surfaces,
do the following:
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Click Sets or
Surfaces on the right side of the prompt area. (The name
of the button depends on the type of object you are editing. For example, if
you are editing an interaction, a Surfaces button
appears.)
Abaqus/CAE
displays the Region Selection dialog box containing a list
of available sets or surfaces.
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Select the set or surface of interest, and click
Continue.
Note:
The default selection method is based on the selection method you
most recently employed. To revert to the other method, click Select
in Viewport or Sets or
Surfaces on the right side of the prompt area.
Finish editing the interaction or constraint definition as desired,
and then press mouse button 2 (if you are editing a foundation interaction) or
click OK in the editor (if you are editing any other
type of interaction or if you are editing a constraint).