Create Bent Panels

Creates a Bent Panel (BPANEL) element which can be used to represent any sheet material used to clad a structural model. For example, a bent panel can be used for roofing on a structural model.

A bent panel is represented by extruding a user-defined 2D shape. Its geometry is defined by four types of data:

• The bent panel’s path is defined by a Route Path (RPATH) element, which is itself defined by a linked set of Route Point (POINTR) elements, each of which has a specific position in the bent panel’s 2D coordinate system. Each bent panel edge is defined by a line or curve that joins the adjacent vertices.

• The bent panel width is defined by setting the Width (WIDT) attribute of the BPANEL element, this defines the distance through which the 2D path is extruded to form the 3D bent panel.

• The bent panel thickness is defined by setting the Thickness (WTHICK) attribute of the BPANEL element, this defines the distance through which the 2D path is extruded to form the 3D bent panel.

• The bent panel justification is defined by setting the WJUSL attribute of the BPANEL element.

Each POINTR element has a fillet radius setting which represents a circular arc.The default radius of zero denotes a point.

BPANEL

BPANEL elements can be owned by FRMW or SBFR elements. By default, a BPANEL element is created for each bent panel. BPANEL elements can own RPATH elements.

RPATH

RPATH elements can be owned by BPANEL elements. RPATH elements can own POINTR elements.

POINTR

POINTR elements can be owned by RPATH elements. By default, a POINTR element is created for each vertex of the bent panel. The fillet radius of the POINTR element defines the bent panel curvature.