Structural Area#

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Create a structural area from a Brep and additional information

Input#

Name

Type

Structure

Description

Brep

Brep

List

Brep geometry as source geometry for this structural area

Sar ID

Integer

List

Identifier for created objects

Group

Integer

List

Identifier for the group this element belongs to

Thickness

Number

List

Thickness of structural area

Material

Integer

List

Assign a material id to this element

Rf Material

Integer

List

Id of the reinforcement material to use for this element

Local X Dir

Vector

List

Optional direction of local x axis

Flip Z Dir

Boolean

List

Flip the orientation of this elements local z axis

Orientation

Text

List

Alignment of the volume in relation to the surface area
Available inputs are:
“Centered” - default
“Above”
“Below”

Mesh Options

Text

List

Mesh options for the FE meshing
Available inputs are:
“Automatic” - default
“Regular”
“Single Quad”,
“Deactivate”

FE Size

Number

List

Size of the created FE element

Fixation

Text

List

Fixation literal to add a support condition and describe the degrees of freedom to block. Translational DOF are marked with “P, rotational with “M”. A preceding “L” fixates local axes
Example input:
“PXPYPZ” to block all translational DOF
“LPYPZ” for local y and z-axis
“F” for all DOF (PXPYPZMXMYMZ)

Edge Attributes

Edge Attribute

Tree

Edge attributes describing various properties of structural area edges like thicknesses or hinge conditions

User Text

Text

List

Additional text that will be added to the CadInp output of this element

Output#

Name

Type

Structure

Description

Structural Area

Structural Area

List

Resulting structural area