MBS Planes Panel
Use the MBS planes panel to create rectangular, planar surfaces for use in multi-body analyses. The created entity is an mbplane.
Location: Analysis page > Safety module
Create Subpanel
Option | Action |
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name = | Specify a name for the new joint. |
color | Select a color for the mbplane. |
Vertices' coordinates: | Define the dimensions of the plane using the N1, N2, N3 selectors. Click N1, then select a node or temp node in the modeling window. Repeat to select two other non-collinear nodes for N2 and N3. |
multibody = | Select an existing multibody. |
Update Subpanel
Option | Action |
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mbplane | Select the mbplane to modify. |
color | Select a color for the mbplane. |
Vertices' coordinates: | Define the dimensions of the plane using the N1, N2, N3 selectors. Click N1, then select a node or temp node in the modeling window. Repeat to select two other non-collinear nodes for N2 and N3. |
Resize Subpanel
Option | Action |
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mbplanes | Select the mbplanes to resize. |
corner 1, corner 2, corner 3 | Move the corners. Selected corners will move in the specified direction for the specified magnitude. |
direction: | Define the
direction.
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magnitude | Specify the amount of distance to extend each selected corner. |
Permute Subpanel
Option | Action |
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mbplanes | Select the mbplanes whose possible permutations to cycle through. |
Command Buttons
Button | Action |
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create | Create the new mbplane entity. |
reject | Undo the mos recent creation, update, resize, or permutation. Changes become permanent (cannot be rejected) once you leave the MBS Planes panel. |
update | Update the selected mbplane according to the inputs on the update subpanel. |
resize + | Resize the selected mbplanes along the specified direction by the positive magnitude. |
resize - | Resize the selected mbplanes along the specified direction by the negative magnitude. |
review normals | Display the normal direction of each selected mbplane. |
flip normals | Reverse the normals of each selected mbplane. |
permute | Cycle through each possible permutation for the selected mbplanes, swapping plane vertices that affect either the orientation of the plane or the normal direction of the plane. |
return | Exit the panel. |