2.1.1.1. User Defined Lattices

Create a user defined lattice structure by defining points and connecting them to trusses.

  • Symmetry: Specify the reflectional symmetries that the RVE should have. It will automatically create additional trusses to meet this criterion.

  • Relative Size: Specify the relative size of the unit cell in each direction. This allows you to create non-cubic unit cells.

  • Points: Specify a name and relative coordinates. The relative coordinates need to be between 0 and the specified relative size.

  • Trusses: Specify the start and end point of each truss as well as a relative truss radius.

Click Export to export the definition of the lattice to a .csv file.

Click Import to import a (previously exported) .csv file containing the lattice definition.


Note:   The user-defined lattice is assumed to be a unit cell; the structure is assumed to be periodic in all coordinate directions.