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Structural & Thermal

Structural & Thermal

How can I connect a 1D body to a 2D body ?

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      Surface bodies and line bodies can be connected in several ways : – In Design Modeler, create a joint (“Tools”/”Joint”) between the line body and the surface body. Then group the surface body and the line body into a multibody part. – In Mechanical, line bodies and surface bodies can be connected through mesh connections, as both shell and line elements have 6 dofs per node. Use the “pinch” function under “mesh edit” (valid until release 17). – In Mechanical, bonded contact can also be used Keywords : shell-line assembly, 1D body, beam, pipe