Ruled Panel

Use the Ruled panel to create surfaces and/or meshes of plate elements from nodes, lines, and/or line segments, in any combination.

Location: 2D page

Nodes in the mesh being created are placed on a surface created on a linear basis between the two sets of selected entities.

Panel Options

Option	Action
node list / line list	Select a node list or a line list. The surfaces or meshes will be generated in the intervening space between the selected nodes and/or lines.
meshing options	mesh, keep surf Create a surface from the selected entities and then generate a mesh on the created surface. The created surface is retained along with the mesh. mesh, dele surf Create a surface from the selected entities and then generate a mesh on the created surface. The created surface is then deleted and only the corresponding mesh is retained. mesh w/o surf Create a mesh between the selected entities using linear interpolation without creating a surface. surface only Create a surface from selected entities, but does not create a mesh. You can use the resulting surface to perform any desired geometry cleanup functions or automeshing.
auto reverse / no reverse	When elements are generated, the edges used to create this mesh can be ordered in different directions, causing Engineering Solutions to create a mesh that crosses itself, resembling a bow tie. The order of the edges is determined by the order in which the nodes were selected or the direction of the selected line(s). auto reverse Prevent "bow ties" from occurring, and to insure that elements are generated with a similar order on each side of the mesh. no reverse Disable this feature.

Button	Action
create	Create the ruled surface and/or mesh.
reject	Undo the most recent ruled creation.
return	Exit the panel.