This one is a subset of the previous one (Connection Builder) and it allows to quickly create Couplings and their Reference Points (RP). The user selects a face region (can be one or multiple faces) and the Plug-In creates a RP at the geometric center and adds a coupling in between.

Additionally the user can overrule specific components of the calculated RP coordinates, for example when the RP has to be created at a specific axis. Overall this is much faster than creating those features manually, especially when you need many couplings (e.g. when creating a substructure).

The Plug-In is only for creating these features. Editing or deleting has to be done with the regular options of Abaqus/CAE.

The short video below shows two simple examples. The files are attached.

Additional remarks:
This Plug-In is not an official Dassault Systemes/SIMULIA product. I’ve created it on my own and initially only for me. The UI is built with the RSG Plug-in. This brings some limitations regarding catching user errors and displaying messages.

You can find more Plug-Ins for Abaqus/CAE in the wiki of this community (Link) and in the DS Knowledge Base (Link1, Link2).

Edit: You can find an updated version that also works with Python 3 in Abaqus 2024 in my Github account (Link).

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