From the Marine ribbon, click the Stiffener Mesh > Create tool.
Figure 1.
From the guide bar, click the
selector and choose Lines or
Parts.
The tool will retain only free lines (not edges) and will search ordered nodes
from shell elements within a specified tolerance.
Select options as necessary by clicking the
button.
Select lines or parts.
From the microdialog, select an orientation:
Orient by metadata to extract the orientation
vector from metadata info on lines. The default name is Inclination and it
is attached to the line as an array of six values, which are the orientation
vector components in the global system at the end of each line.
Orient normal to shells to orient the stiffeners
Y axis along adjacent shell normal.
Use the vector tool to define the orientation vector by entering axis
values.
Figure 2.
From the microdialog, expand chevrons.
Select the element configuration that you want to create. This can be either
bar2 or rod.
Select the element type (formulation). This can be CBEAM, CBAR, or CMBEAM for
bar2.
button.
