Create Beads
Beads are typically used to stiffen panel mesh to meet a certain performance criteria. The Bead tool can also be used as a topography interpretation mechanism.
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From the Concept ribbon, click the Bead tool.
- Optional: Select 2D elements on which the beam is to be created.
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Create beads in one of two ways:
- Select existing lines.
- Interactively draw a bead line path. Select two points to create the initial bead, then incrementally add points.
A preview is displayed showing the location, orientation, and basic dimensional composition of the bead(s). -
Update any of the bead's properties using the microdialog.
- Reverse the side the bead is created on.
- Move the bead in 3D space. Once relocated, the bead snaps to the underlying 2D mesh.
- Height/Width
- Dimensions of the bead.
- Cap end
- Change the cap end from rounded to squared.
- Cap length/Cap end width
- Dimensions of the bead cap.
- Click Add Bead.
- If desired, repeat the process multiple times to continue adding beads.
- Click Create Beads on the guide bar.