Panel Meshing

There are two panels in this model. Plates need to be meshed into three or four node elements in Staad Pro. Use the Panel Meshing tools to mesh the panels for Staad Pro.

Select Panel Meshing to display the Panel Meshing window.

Select the PANE in SBFR EL(+)107820_TOS_PLATE in AVEVA E3D Design, use Pick Panel to select this PANE

Select Position picked from the Vertex Position drop-down list. Click the Derive points from graphic picks to pick the meshed points for this PANE.

The panels should be meshed according to the frames of the model. In this example, the panel should be meshed into four parts.

When the panels are output, the interface scans for the nearest node within the thickness of the plate and uses that node as the node for the plate.

If there are beams under the panel, the nodes of the meshed panels should be created at the position of the JLDATUs of the connected beams. Then the nodes of the panel output can be merged to the nodes of the GENSECs. Otherwise the nodes of the panels maybe output as an orphan node.

When selecting the points of the panels, always use the position of the JLDATUs If possible. In this example, four JLDATUs of the connecting beams are picked.

Here use the type Element in the Positioning Control for picking GENSEC.

Pick the GENSEC near the JLDATU, the interface positions the JLDATUs and adds them to the point list.

Note:
Select Projection to Panel from the Vertex Position drop-down list, the elevations of the vertexes are still on the panel, not the JLDATUs.

Similarly, add the other three meshed panels to the list:

In the fourth panel, there is a penetration for a staircase. An enclosed panel is drawn for simplification.

Similarly, mesh the panel on the second floor into four panels.