FBD Cross Section

Define a cross-section plane.

Free-body forces and moments will be calculated based on the elements the cross-section is intersecting. Those loads will be used by the FBD Forces tool or to build trace plots and VMT/Potato plots.

From the menu bar, click Aerospace > Results > FBD > Cross Section.

All cross-sections that are created display in the Model Browser.


Figure 1.
Name
The name of the cross-section.
ID
The ID of the cross-section.
Color
The color the of cross-section.
XTAIL, YTAIL, ZTAIL
Defines the coordinates of the cross-section normal vector’s base point.
Normal
The cross-section normal vector’s direction.