BAR3 from QUAD8?

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi,

I have a shell mesh of QUAD8. I would like to extract BAR3 elements at border of this mesh, but I can't found a way to do that easily.

 

'Tool'-> 'edges' give me PLOTEL (having only two nodes), not BAR3.

 

Any idea ?

TIA

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  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited May 2014

    Hi,

    first you try changing quad8 to quad4

    then make edges (plotel)

    then switch plotel to bar2

    then change bar2 to bar3

    image/emoticons/default_smile.png' alt=':)' srcset='/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x' width='20' height='20'> not very easy

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited May 2014

    Hehe, thanks Tinh.

    Altair Support tell me the same image/emoticons/default_smile.png' alt=':)' srcset='/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x' width='20' height='20'>

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited May 2014

    Got it now with a small TCL script image/emoticons/default_smile.png' alt=':)' srcset='/emoticons/smile@2x.png 2x' width='20' height='20'>

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