Create Member Panels
Use the Member Panels tool to connect three or more members.
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From the Skeleton ribbon, click the Member Panels
tool.
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Create panels in one of two ways:
Option Description Automatically Select three or more members which form an enclosed loop. Using existing parts Check Use Existing then select the components or elements to be considered as a panel. In both cases the panel is connected to the members and joints via spring elements. -
Click on the guide bar to define
mesh and connection options.
- Element size
- Size of the panel elements.
- Element type
- Quad, Tria, Mixed, R-Tria, Quad Only
- Shrink offset
- Offset between the panel edge and the member.
- Connect
- Spring stiffness values which are applied to the PBUSH property, which is then subsequently associated to the CBUSH elements.
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On the guide bar, click one of the following:
- - Apply and stay in the tool
- - Apply and close the tool
- - Exit the tool without applying