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- Figure 1 – Box Interface
Purpose:
This interface is used for showing, creating, modifying, and deleting the following LS-DYNA keyword cards:
- *DEFINE_BOX
- *DEFINE_BOX_ADAPTIVE
- *DEFINE_BOX_COARSEN
The creation and modification can be carried out by various method such as selecting nodes by area, by polygon, and all visible. There are also facilities for translation and scaling.
Controls:
Show – Show existing *DEFINE_BOX entities
Create – Create new *DEFINE_BOX entities
Modify – Modify existing *DEFINE_BOX entities
Delete – Delete existing *DEFINE_BOX entities
For Show, Modify, and Delete, the Entity Operation Interface is displayed in the secondary controls area. For Create, the bottom panel is as shown in Figure 2 below.
- Label: Select label type
- Type: Select entity type
Select all * DEFINE_BOX entities
Deselect all * DEFINE_BOX entities
Reverse selection
Select all entities within the selected range
Apply entries for creation/modification or selections for deletion
Cancel entries for modification
Write box to file
Exit *Define_Box Data interface
- Click item from list to select
Bottom Panel:
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- Figure 2 – Create Bottom Panel
- Title: Enter box title
- BOXID: Enter box ID
- PID: Enter PartID – If zero, all active elements are considered (only available for type: *BOX_ADAPTIVE)
- LEVEL: Maximum number of refinement levels for elements in box (only available for type: *BOX_ADAPTIVE)
- IFLAG: Enter 0/1 (only available for type: *BOX_COARSEN)
- X: Enter Minimum/Maximum X-coordinate
- Y: Enter Minimum/Maximum Y-coordinate
- Z: Enter Minimum/Maximum Z-coordinate
MinMax – Select two nodes as minimum and maximum for box
Min – Pick node as minimum extreme of box
Max – Pick node as maximum extreme of box
Areain – Select nodes inside a user defined area for the box
Select all visable nodes as maximum and minimum of box
Polyin – Select nodes inside a user defined region for the box
Select all visable nodes as maximum and minimum of box
Translate – Translate box
X – Translate box in x direction
Y – Translate box in y direction
Z – Translate box in z direction
- Distance: Enter distance to translate box
Translate in negative direction
Translate in positive direction
Scale – Scale box
X – Scale box in x direction
Y – Scale box in y direction
Z – Scale box in z direction
- Scale: Enter scale factor
Scale box down
Scale box up
Drag – Drag box
- This option is currently unavailable
