THICKNESS

I/O Options Entry

THICKNESS - Output Request

Description

The THICKNESS command can be used in the I/O Options section to request thickness output for elements referencing a PSHELL, PCOMP or PCOMPP properties in:

•	Size/Free-size optimization

•	Analysis runs

Format

THICKNESS (format_list, comp) = option

Argument	Options	Description
format	<HM, H3D, blank> Default = blank	HM:	Results are output in HyperMesh results format (.res file).
		H3D:	Results are output in Hyper3D format (.h3d file).
		blank:	Results are output in all active formats for which the result is available. (Comments 1 and 2)

comp	<ALL, DESIGN, NOPLY> Default = DESIGN	ALL:	Thickness results are output for all plies.
		DESIGN, blank:	Thickness results are output for designable plies only.
		NOPLY:	No ply thickness results are output.

option	<YES, ALL, NO, NONE> Default = YES	YES, ALL, blank:	Thickness results are output.
		NO, NONE:	Thickness results are not output.

Comments

1.	Thickness results are available for analysis runs, size/free-size optimization for elements referencing PSHELL or PCOMP properties only.

When the THICKNESS command is not present, thickness results are output by default for optimization runs. THICKNESS results for analysis runs, however, are not output by default and will be output only if the THICKNESS data entry is present in the solver deck. For analysis runs with the THICKNESS entry, load the .h3d file in HyperView and select Design from the drop-down menu in the Results Browser to see the Thickness results.

3.	When thickness results are output to the .h3d file, percentage thickness change is also output.

4.	Outputting the density results in all simulations allows analysis results to be plotted on the density iso-surface in HyperView.

5.	The frequency of this output is controlled by the DESIGN keyword on the OUTPUT entry.

Multiple formats are allowed on the same entry; these should be comma separated. If a format is not specified, this output control applies to all formats defined by the OUTPUT command, for which the result is available. See Results Output for information on which results are available in which formats.

7.	Multiple instances of this card are allowed; if instances are conflicting, the last instance dominates.