Description: Spline wires have been added to the existing point-to-point wire tool in Abaqus/CAE. The Create Wire Feature dialog box now contains two options, Polyline and Spline, to specify the type of wire you want to create. Select Polyline to create one or more straight line segments; this functionality is unchanged from the point-to-point tool available in past releases. Select Spline to create a spline curve through a series of connected points. When you choose to create a spline wire, Chained wires—where all line segments are connected—is the only selection method available, and each point is entered on a separate line in the table instead of in pairs as they are for a polyline.

You can use the tools in the Create Wire Feature dialog box to edit the selected points, delete points, or add points to the end of the spline. However, once you commit your selections by clicking OK in the dialog box, you can edit the completed wire only by editing the features that created the points or by deleting the wire and creating a new one.

Enhanced spline wire creation within the point-to-point wire tool replaces the previously available ShapeWireSpline tool.

Part module:
    ShapeWirePoint to Point: Select Spline for the Geometry Type