ANSYS Discovery SpaceClaim

Extracting beams from solids

Use this method to convert an existing 3D solid into a beam.

To extract a beam from a solid

1. Click Extract in the Beams group on the Prepare tab.

2. Select a solid in the Design windowArea in the user interface that displays your model or assembly. Also known as Workspace..

   The beam object is defined, and the Beams and Beam Profiles folders are created in the Structure treeDisplay in the Structure panel that shows you each of the objects in your design. You can expand or collapse the nodes of the tree to view the objects. You can rename objects, create, modify, replace, and delete objects, as well as work with components..

   If you select faces on multiple bodies, then beams will be extracted for each body.

   Similar profiles are detected when you extract beams from 3D geometry. The resulting beams are linked to the same profile, so multiple profiles with the same shape are not created.

Examples

This is a simple I-beam modeled as a solid part.
This is the Beam after using the Extract tool.
This is a complex solid with a constant cross section.
This is the Beam after using the Extract tool.
Midsurface geometry can also be used to Extract a beam.
This beam was extracted from the midsurface above.