Plates

Plate element assigned to an edge (2D) or face (3D).

Examples

feature = model.get_plate(shapes)
feature.material_id
feature.use_beam_coordinate_system = True
feature.strong_axis = [0, 1, 0]

Properties

material_id : str

use_beam_coordinate_system : bool

Use a custom beam coordinate system (3D beam plates only). Setting strong_axis enables this automatically.

strong_axis : List[float]

Strong axis (Y / J) of the beam coordinate system as [x, y, z]. Setting this enables ``use_beam_coordinate_system``.

interface_minus : _InterfaceSide

Interface minus side properties (material, roughness, tension_cutoff, compression_cutoff, fc, normal).

interface_plus : _InterfaceSide

Interface plus side properties (material, roughness, tension_cutoff, compression_cutoff, fc, normal).

coordinate_system : str

Beam internal coordinate system: ``'default'`` or ``'custom'`` (alias for use_beam_coordinate_system).