Element Panels

one-dimensional

bars	Creates or updates bar2 or bar3 elements.

config edit

Changes the configuration of existing elements.

edges

Finds free edges and equivalences nodes on edges.

features

Provides a visualization tool to see the edges of a complex model.

fe joints

Creates, reviews, or updates joints.

gaps	Creates or updates gap elements.

HyperBeam

Defines beam section entities before entering the HyperBeam module.

linear 1d

Creates one-dimensional plot elements.

line mesh

Creates 1-D elements between nodes or along a line.

masses

Creates or updates mass elements.

rbe3	Creates or updates RBE3 elements.

rigids

Creates or updates rigid or rigidlink elements.

rods	Creates or updates rod elements.

spotweld

Creates or updates spotweld elements.

springs

Creates or updates spring elements.

shells

automesh

Interactively or automatically creates meshes on surfaces.

cones

Creates a surface or mesh for cones or cylinders.

config edit

Changes the configuration of existing elements.

detach

Detaches elements from adjoining elements.

drag	Creates a surface or mesh by dragging nodes, lines, or elements.

edit element

Builds, combines, and splits elements.

elem offset

Creates solid elements or layers of plate or shell elements based on a plate or shell element by offsetting the shell elements in a direction normal to the surface they form.

elem types

Selects and changes existing element types.

faces

Finds free faces and equivalences nodes of solid elements.

line drag

Creates a surface or mesh by dragging nodes, lines, or elements along a line.

order change

Changes elements from first to second order, or vise versa.

penetration

Checks groups for initial penetration problems.

planes

Creates a planar surface or mesh bounded by planar lines.

ruled

Creates a surface or mesh from nodes or lines which are unconnected.

skin	Creates a surface or mesh skin across a set of lines.

smooth

Improves element quality on a surface mesh.

spheres

Creates a spherical surface or mesh.

spin	Creates a surface or mesh by rotating nodes, lines, or elements about a vector.

spline

Creates a surface or mesh with lines.

split

Splits elements into pre-defined patterns.

torus

Creates a toroidal surface or mesh.

solids

config edit

Changes the configuration of existing elements.

detach

Detaches elements from adjoining elements.

drag	Creates a surface or mesh by dragging nodes, lines, or elements.

edit element

Builds, combines, and splits elements.

elem offset

Creates solid elements or layers of plate or shell elements based on a plate or shell element by offsetting the shell elements in a direction normal to the surface they form.

elem types

Selects and changes existing element types.

line drag

Creates a surface or mesh by dragging nodes, lines, or elements along a line.

linear solid

Creates solid elements between two groups of plate elements.

order change

Changes elements from first to second order, or vise versa.

smooth

Improves element quality on a surface mesh.

solid map

Creates a solid mesh by defining source, destination, and along surfaces.

solid mesh

Creates a solid mesh within a volume defined by edge lines.

spin	Creates a surface or mesh by rotating nodes, lines, or elements about a vector.

split

Splits elements into pre-defined patterns.

tetramesh

Allows you to fill an enclosed volume with first or second-order tetrahedral elements.