Wireframe elements

Use the Wireframe Elements command to create wireframe elements in the FEM or AFM by manually selecting nodes. This allows you to create a test model that contains one or more wireframes, which connect sensor, exciter, and visualization nodes.

Use the Create Wireframe Elements command to create wireframe elements using the defined DOF set.

Wireframe elements

You can control the number of connected nodes by specifying the maximum number of permitted nodes and the minimum distance allowed between the nodes.

The wireframe is defined based on the following parameters:

• Minimum angle between wires connected to a specified node.

• Maximum number of wires that connect a specified node to other nodes.

• Ratio of the distance between two connected nodes over the average distance of the six closest nodes.

Where do I find it?

Using the Wireframe Elements command

Application	Pre/Post
Prerequisite	A Simulation file as the work part Structural as the specified analysis typeSimcenter Nastran or MSC Nastraan or Simcenter Samcef or Abaqus or ANSYS FEM or AFM
Command Finder	Wireframe Elements

Using the Create Wireframe Elements command

Application	Pre/Post
Prerequisite	A Simulation file as the work part Structural as the specified analysis typeSimcenter Nastran or MSC Nastraan or Simcenter Samcef or Abaqus or ANSYS FEM or AFMA selected DOF set
Simulation Navigator	Right-click the DOF set→Create Wireframe Elements

How do I

Create wireframe elements

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Supported wireframe element types

Wireframe elements, Simcenter 3D 2021.1 Series

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