Create Beam and Bar Elements
Use the Beams tool to create 1D beam and bar elements.
Bar elements are 1D elements created in a space between two or three nodes of a model where beam properties are desired.
The nodes are related to each other based on the properties of the bar or beam element connecting them. Properties associated with bar elements include vector orientation, offset vectors that end at A and B, or at A, B, and C, and pin flags to tell it what degree of freedom should carry through the beam.
- Bar2
- Configuration 60 - 1D (1st order) elements with 2 nodes used to model axial, bending, and torsion behavior. Bar2 elements have a property reference, an orientation vector, offset vectors and ends A and B, and pin flags at ends A and B.
- Bar3
- Configuration 63 - 1D (2nd order) elements with 3 nodes used to model axial, bending, and torsion behavior. Bar3 elements have a property reference, an orientation vector, offset vectors and ends A and B, and pin flags at ends A and B.
Update Beam and Bar Elements
Use the Entity Editor to update Bar2 and Bar3 elements for the desired keyword.
This includes modifying the assigned nodes, property, orientation, offset, pin releases, and so on where applicable for the solver.