NSM in PCOMP

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

Hi,
i'm trying to put some NSM (non-structural mass) in my model. I'm using the Nastran interface of Hypermesh. I already set the value in the PCOMP property shell.
What I have to do now? If i simply mesh my surface, NSM is not counted when I checky the total mass using the available utility. Why?

Thanx, cheers

Simone

Tagged:

Answers

  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited July 2014

    Hello

    if you use tools/mass calc to check mass then perhaps NSM was not taken into account

    so you can use post/summary and browse to nastran/include/masscalc

    this template will calculate mass with respect to NSM

     

    CHEER!

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited July 2014

    My problem is that I proprably cannot find the proper way to insert che NSML1 card. How do u do it? I can't believe there's no guide on how to insert non-structural mass cards!

  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited July 2014

    the menu is on Analysis>nsm

     

    If you don't remember menu name, you can create specific cards from pulldown menu Tools>Create Cards>N>NSML1

    it will guide you to correct menu

     

    CHEER!

Categories