Model Selection

Figure 6:4. Finite Element Idealizer

1. To select the blocks or panels to be idealized, click on the item in the tree view Model objects and press the Add button.

2. Additionally to the above selection a bounding box can be applied.

   Plane panels lying partially in the box are clipped by the box limits. Those panels lying totally outside are neglected. Curved panels are not clipped at all. They are only placeholders to determine the FE model box size when the box doesn't contain any plane panels. It is not mandatory to have curved panels either to create the FE model as the portion of the curved surface(s) to be modelled is determined by the plane panels' trace curves where the panels intersect the surface. Refer to Running the FE Modelling Process .

3. A name for the idealized block has to be given. When the block does not exist, the settings from the Idealisation Settings tab are applied; otherwise the ones stored in the block can be re-used instead by checking Get idealisation settings from block.

4. Panels can also be idealized without creating a new block but adding them to an existing idealized block. In this case Add to existing block has to be selected. Make sure that no panels are selected that already have an idealized version in the selected block.