Split Bounded Plate Structural Connections

The example displays a rectangular bounded plate with four Structural Connections (STCONN) associated with each of the bounded plate edges. The defined split plane is also displayed.

When the bounded plate is split, the structural connections of each split bounded plate is updated.

A new structural connection (displayed in red in the example) is created on each split bounded plate to account for the created edges.

Mutual referencing is established between the structural connection vertices of the adjacent structural connections corresponding to the split geometry. For example:

• The STCVER1 of STCONN2 on Split Bounded Plate 1 references the STCVER2 of STCONN4 on Split Bounded Plate 2 using the STCREF attribute.

• The STCVER2 of STCONN4 on Split Bounded Plate 2 references the STCVER1 of STCONN2 on Split Bounded Plate 1 using the STCREF attribute.