Plate Attributes: Face Attachment

Description

Assigns attachment attributes to faces of selected plate elements.

Attachment attributes are used by the Attach Parts tool to create attachment links between elements. If the tool is not executed, attachment attributes have no effect.

Attachment attributes are independent of load and freedom cases.

Dialog

Type

The type of connection to create.

Connection

The load transfer behaviour of the attachment link.

Direction

The direction in which the search for attachment points on target elements will be undertaken.

Beam Type

The property to assign to bridging beams created when Type is set to Flexible.

Max Gap

The maximum search distance from the plate surface used to locate attachment points on target elements.

Negative value is treated as zero.

Common Controls

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