MBS Planes Panel

Location: Analysis page > Safety module

Create Subpanel

Use the Create subpanel to create a mbplane entity.

Option	Action
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

Use the Update subpanel to update the vertices and color of an existing mbplane.

Option	Action
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

Use the Resize subpanel to adjust the width and length of an mbplane entity.

Option	Action
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. N1-N2 The vector from each selected mbplanes' N1 coordinate node to its N2 coordinate node. N1-N3 The vector from each selected mbplanes' N2 coordinate node to its N3 coordinate node. X Move along the X axis. Y Move along the Y axis. Z Move along the Z axis.
magnitude	Specify the amount of distance to extend each selected corner.

Permute Subpanel

Use the Permute subpanel to swap plane vertices that affect either the orientation of the plane or the normal direction of the plane. Each time you click permute the plane advances through the cycle of possible permutations.

Option	Action
mbplanes	Select the mbplanes whose possible permutations to cycle through.

Command Buttons

Button	Action
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.