FBD Panel Plot

Display normal and shear loads of panel structural members.

From the menu bar, click Aerospace > Results > FBD > Panel Plot.

Restriction: Only available in the Nastran and OptiStruct solvers in the Aerospace user profile.
The tool contains the following:
Panel Entities
Define one or more panel entities.
Properties
Shows all properties of a selected panel entity.
loadcases
List of subcases available inside all of the imported result files.
Panel Plot and Display
Visualization options.
The workflow is:
  1. Create a panel entity.
  2. Set the properties of the selected panel entity.
  3. Select a loadcase.
  4. Set the options for the panel plot.
  5. Display the panel plot for the selected loadcase.