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M. Plate Specifications

M. To align a plate to a reference point
To orient the local axis of a plate element towards or away from an arbitrary point, use the following procedure.
M. To specify plate thickness
To specify the thickness of a plate element, use the following procedure.
M. To assign plate offsets
To add rigid link offsets to one or more corners of a plate, use the following procedure.
M. To assign plate corner release
To release degrees of freedom of a plate element corner node, use the following procedure.
M. To assign plates as plane stress
To assign plate elements as plane stress elements, use the following procedure.
M. To assign inplane rotation behavior to plates
To specify either no inplane rotational stiffness or completely rigid inplane rotational stiffness, use the following procedure.
M. To ignore plate stiffness
To ignore the stiffness of a selection of plates, use the following procedure.

Parent Topic: M. Properties and Specifications