Measure lattice diameters

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

Hello 

 

I have made a lattice optimization. Now I would like to measure the diameter of the lattice beams. 

 

Do you know how to measure them?

 

I thank you in advance for your help!

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited January 2018

    Hi,

     

    <filename>_lattice.fem should have details about diameter (beam). You can edit the deck in any textpad to get the details. 

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited January 2018

    Here are two extracts from the <filename>_lattice.fem:

     

    CBEAM   12983       6184    7674   37285 1.25373    2.25    1.75

     

    PBEAML  2              1        ROD
    +       .1790678     0.0             1.0.1790678

     

    What column stands for the diameter?

     

    Thank you for your help!!

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited January 2018

    It is PBEAML.

     

    You can also see the dimensions in HyperMesh>> Entity Editor. Here is a sample image of the same

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>DIM1.PNG

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited January 2018

    Thank you very much!!

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