Someone who could explain me how simulate and apply structural members

dacp
dacp Altair Community Member

hi everyone, someone who could show me how could I apply beams or structural profiles ( c Chanel, pipes, etc) to a line geametry (bus chasis) , I'm trying it in simlab using property, but when I run the simulation, the simulation only recognize the lines, not the structural profiles , please someone who could show me , this is my design

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  • KatelynH
    KatelynH
    Altair Employee
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    Beams are displayed as lines in SimLab, and so you will only see them as lines when viewing the results of a simulation. However, the section property is still there. You just cannot see it visually.

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  • KatelynH
    KatelynH
    Altair Employee

    Hello, I believe that you first need to define connectors for each of the lines and then you can assign the properties. Something like a bar connector might be useful:

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  • dacp
    dacp Altair Community Member

    no me funciona o quizás no me entienden, pero al momento de sisimular y crear la malla me reconoce las lineas, no los sólidos (beam section) como podría hacerlo??

  • KatelynH
    KatelynH
    Altair Employee
    Answer ✓

    Beams are displayed as lines in SimLab, and so you will only see them as lines when viewing the results of a simulation. However, the section property is still there. You just cannot see it visually.