Assembly

Features in Abaqus/CAE include Parts, Datums, Partitions, and Assembly operations. Assembly commands create Feature objects on only the rootAssembly object. The commands that create Feature objects on only the Part object are described in Part commands. The commands that create Feature objects on both the Part and the rootAssembly objects are described in Feature commands.

Create instances

class AssemblyModel

Abaqus creates a Model object named Model-1 when a session is started.

Notes

This object can be accessed by:

mdb.models[name]

Methods

Instance(name, objectToCopy)	This method copies a PartInstance object from the specified model and creates a new PartInstance object.
convertAllSketches([regenerate, ...])	This method converts all sketches from Abaqus 6.5 or earlier to the equivalent ConstrainedSketch objects.
linkInstances(instancesMap)	This method links the selected PartInstance objects to the corresponding PartInstance objects from the specified models.