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Hello everybody

Is it possible to export the fe files of the knee model into another solver code, like LS Dyna? I only have a student version of abaqus with which I can't export it to antoher file type.

The reason why I want to export it to another solver is the following: In Abaqus all of the parts of the knee joint are separated only to two parts - shell and solid parts. But I would like to separate them to all the knee parts, so that in the end i've got a femur part, a tibia part, a menisci part etc..

Would be great to hear from you again

Kind regards,
Malou

Dear Malou,

The Open Knee(s) - Generation 1 model did not separate the tissues into parts. Nonetheless, element sets are defined for each tissue, which can be used to isolate these and use them.

About exporting to LS Dyna; you may want to check if LS Dyna imports ,inp file. If not, you may need to write a script to convert the Abaqus format to LS Dyna file.

Best,

Ahmet