This section describes how you can use submodeling to study a local part of a model with a refined mesh based on interpolation of the solution from a global model with a relatively coarse mesh. Submodeling is most useful when you want to obtain an accurate, detailed solution in a local region and the detailed modeling of that local region has negligible effect on the overall solution. Submodeling is described in detail in About submodeling in the Abaqus Analysis Guide.

The following topics are covered:

• Analyzing the Global Model and the Submodel

• Modifying the Submodel

• Checking the Submodel