To specify the thickness of a plate element, use the
following procedure.
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Select the plates which will have a similar thickness.
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On the
Specification ribbon tab, select the
Plate Thickness tool in the
Plate Profiles group.
The
Properties - Whole Structure and
the
Plate Element/ Surface Property
dialogs open.
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Select the Plate Element Thickness tab.
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Type the thickness values for the plate:
| For a… | Do this… |
|---|
| uniform plate thickness |
type the thickness in the Node 1 field. The other node
fields will use this value by default |
| linearly varying thickness |
type the thickness of the plate at each corner node in the
corresponding field |
- Optional:
Check the
Material option and select the material
definition from the drop-down list.
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Either:
- click
Assign to assign the thickness (and optional
material) to the selection set
- click
Add to add the thickness property to the
model for assignment later