Radioss to OptiStruct Conversion Mapping

Elements

Table 1. Supported Element Mappings
Radioss OptiStruct
BEAM CBEAM
BRIC20 CHEXA
BRICK CHEXA, CPENTA, CTETRA
PENTA6 CPENTA
SH3N CTRIA3
SHELL CQUAD4
SPRING + PROP/SPRING (TYPE 4) CBUSH1D
SPRING CBUSH
TETRA4 CTETRA
TRUSS CROD

Properties

Table 2. Supported Property Mappings
Radioss OptiStruct
PROP/BEAM (TYPE 3) PBEAM + PBEAMX*
PROP/SH_SANDW (TYPE11) PCOMP**
PROP/SHELL (TYPE 1) PSHELL + PSHELLX*
PROP/SOLID (TYPE 14) PSOLID + PSOLIDX*
PROP/SPR_BEAM (TYPE 13) PBUSH + PBUSHT
PROP/SPR_GENE (TYPE 8) PBUSH + PBUSHT
PROP/SPR_PUL (TYPE 12) PBUSH
PROP/SPRING (TYPE 4) PBUSH1D
PROP/TRUSS (TYPE 2) PROD

*Only when you click Yes in the RadiossBlock to OptiStruct conversion tool dialog.

**Only material, ply thickness, and ply angle is converted.

Materials

Table 3. Supported Material Mappings
Radioss OptiStruct
MAT/COMPSH (LAW 25) MAT9ORT**
MAT/ELAST (LAW 1) MAT1
MAT/HONEYCOMB (LAW 28) MAT9ORT + MATX28*
MAT/PLAS_JOHNS (LAW 2) MAT1 + MATX02*
MAT/PLAS_TAB (LAW 36) MAT1 + MATX36*
MAT/VOID (LAW 0) MAT1 + MATX0*

*Only when you click Yes in the RadiossBlock to OptiStruct conversion tool dialog.

**The values of NU23 and NU31 are set to default values on conversion.