The substructures in Abaqus/Standard are, in fact, a particular case of the component mode synthesis method extended to allow for large rotations and translations of the substructure (component) in the geometrically nonlinear analysis. The component mode

Because this leads to a new part, any loads and boundary conditions defined on the original part need to be redefined. Such a copy-with-scale should thus be performed before setting up the model. Furthermore, sets are not retained when copying a part this

RE: Using View Options in Abaqus 6.9 brep (Mechanical) 28 Nov 09 09:28 As for your second question, you need to "partition" the geometry (in Part mode: Tools - Partition) to create the point/line/area/volume you need...