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Status Already exists
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 18, 2023

divide/ split a plate element in the physical modeler by using reference line

request to add a future to split/divide a plate element in physical modeler by using a reference line

  • Admin
    Carlos Aguera
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    Jan 8, 2024

    Thank you again for adding some context. However regions also exist and it is possible to define different attributes to regions on a surface such as thickness, material offset and loading.

  • Guest
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    Jan 3, 2024

    Thank you for the reply..

    Yes, the plate is meshed automatically considering the reference line. But I would like to bifurcate the entire plate into 3 regions say bottom region, middle region and top region and add into different groups in the physical modeler itself. This will help to me to extract the results seperately for 3 groups and make 3 different designs for for 3 region. (i found it easy to create the groups in physical modler than in analytical modeler)

    similiarly, i can provide different thickness if i can divide a single plate into multiple plates using refernce line in above example.

  • Admin
    Carlos Aguera
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    Jan 3, 2024

    Thank you for posting this idea. I would like to understand a little more about the motivation because the inclusion of a reference line across a surface essentially divides the surface and will be meshed accordingly. Take for example a wall panel which does not have any dividing reference line, but only a few key nodes that will be used thus:-

    This meshes as:-


    but put a reference line across it, you now have essentially 2 meshes:-


    Is it that you want this because you are looking to somehow fold along the reference line and hence the two surfaces are in different planes? Or some other reason?