These objects provide access to an external system for your analysis. The objects are grouped by functionality.
| Connections | |
|---|---|
| These objects provide access to an external system's data. | |
| Object | Description |
| Imported: Bolt Pretensions and Premeshed Bolt Pretensions | Provides access to an external system’s pretension data. |
| Imported: Constraint Equations or Coupling | Provides access to an external system’s data that includes constraint equations and couplings. |
| Imported: Contacts | Provides access to an external system’s data that includes contacts. |
| Imported: Flexible Remote Connectors | Provides access to an external system’s data that includes flexible remote connections. |
| Imported: Rigid Remote Connectors | Provides access to an external system’s data that includes rigid remote connections. |
| Imported: Spring Connectors | Provides access to an external system’s data that includes springs or bushings. |
| Boundary Conditions | |
|---|---|
| These objects provide access to an external system's data. | |
| Object | Description |
| Imported: Boundary Conditions | Provides access to an external system’s data that includes constraint and loading conditions. |
| Imported Plies | |
|---|---|
| These objects provide access to an external system's data. | |
| Object | Description |
| Imported: Composite Plies | Provides ply/layer data from an upstream External Model system. |
| Coordinate Systems | |
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| These objects provide access to an external system's data. | |
| Object | Description |
| Imported: Coordinate Systems | Provides access to an external system’s data that includes coordinate systems. |
| Geometry | |
|---|---|
| These objects provide access to an external system or previous analysis' data. | |
| Object | Description |
| Imported: Element Orientations (External Model) | Provides access to an external system’s data that includes element orientations. |
| Imported: Nodal Orientations | Provides access to an external system’s data that includes nodal orientations. |
| Imported: Point Masses | Provides access to an external system’s data that includes point masses. |