Snap Grid Settings: Create Tab

Description

Creates a uniform mesh of nodes, beams or plates based on the snap grid definition.

Dialog

On grid ...

Type of entities to create after clicking OK.

• Grid

  No entities are created.

• Node

  Creates a node at each grid point.

• Beam2 / Beam3

  Creates a mesh of Beam2 or Beam3 elements in between grid points, based on the selected beam style.

• Quad4 / Quad8

  Creates a uniform mesh of Quad4 or Quad8 elements with their nodes overlaying the grid points.

Beam Style

Configuration of beam mesh to create.

Only applicable when Beam2 or Beam3 is selected.

Property Type

Property type number of the selected elements as an integer greater than or equal to zero.

If a real number is entered, the property number is rounded to the nearest integer.

Negative numbers are set to zero.

Applicable only when Beam2, Beam3, Quad4 or Quad8 is selected.

Element group

The group to which the inserted elements are added. See Global: Groups.

See Also

• Snap Grid Settings: Options Tab
• Global: User Coordinate System (UCS)