Hello all,

I am importing a topology-optimized part into Abaqus after saving it as a .inp file from the optimization manager extract tool in Abaqus. This is imported as an orphan mesh and I am interested in making a part out of this orphan mesh. I have tried creating element faces from the mesh in the part module using the Geometry Edit feature under the tools tab but that is not working and returns an error saying "Selection of disjoint element faces not allowed. Select a connected set of element faces". Another method that I have used is to associate mesh with geometry in the mesh module but it returns an error of "no active geometry".

Can anyone please guide me on this issue?