Samcef Conversion

Convert Samcef to OptiStruct Mapping

Element

HyperWorks elements have two basic attributes, configuration (or config) and type. The "config" defines the basic geometrical shape of an element. For example, Tria3 configuration is a 3 node triangular element and hexa8 is an 8-node hexahedral element. The "type" defines the solver specific element type of a particular configuration. For example, the 4-node quadrilateral (quad4) element in Samcef can be any defined by different hypothesis: MINDLIN, VOLUMIC, and so on. The Element Types panel shows all supported element configurations and their types for a user profile.
Table 1. Supported Element Mappings
Samcef OptiStruct
tria3, MINDLIN tria3, CTRIA3
quad4, MINDLIN quad4, CQUAD4
tetra4, VOLUMIC tetra4, CTETRA
pyramid5, VOLUMIC pyramid5, CPYRA
penta6, VOLUMIC penta6, CPENTA
hex8, VOLUMIC hex8, CHEXA
tria6, MINDLIN tria6, CTRIA6
quad8, MINDLIN quad8, CQUAD8
tetra10, VOLUMIC tetra10, CTETRA
pyramid13, VOLUMIC pyramid13, CPYRA
penta15, VOLUMIC penta15, CPENTA
hex20, VOLUMIC hex20, CHEXA
bar2, VOLUMIC BARS, CBEAM
rod, VOLUMIC rod, CWELD
rbe3, RBE3 rbe3, RBE3

Properties

Table 2. Supported Property Mappings
Samcef OptiStruct
SHELLPHP PSHELL
SOLIDMAT PSOLID
BPR PBEAML

Material

Table 3. Supported Material Mappings
Samcef OptiStruct
ISOTROPIC MAT1
ORTHOTROPIC MAT9ORT

Load

Table 4. Supported Load Mappings
Samcef OptiStruct
force, FORCE force, FORCE
moment, MOMENT moment, MOMENT
constraint, FIX/DEP constraint, SPC
pressure, PRESSURE pressure, PRESSURE

Contacts

Table 5. Supported Contact Mappings
Samcef OptiStruct
MTI CONTACT