Face Attributes: Thickness

Description

Assigns thickness to selected faces.

When the geometry is automeshed, plates created on the face will inherit the thickness attribute (see Plate Attributes: Thickness).

Thickness attributes are independent of load and freedom cases.

Dialog

tm

Membrane thickness.

tb

Bending thickness.

Same as membrane

When set, the bending thickness is set equal to the membrane thickness (if the membrane thickness changes, the bending thickness is automatically set to the membrane thickness).

Common Controls

• Components
• Equation Editor
• Retrieve from model
• Keep selection
• Scale / Add / Delete / Apply

Units

Length (e.g., m, in).

See Also

• Plate Attributes: Thickness
• Global: Plate Properties