Breaking Panels

You can break a panel into multiple panels and change its geometry.

Before you begin: Open the structure that contains panels and stiffeners.
See Also
About Organizing Seam and Break
Creating Seams
Breaking Profiles
  1. From the Operation section of the action bar, click Break Panel .
    The Break Plate dialog box appears.
  2. In the Plate box, select a panel.

    You can select only one panel at a time to break.

  3. In the Splitting Object box, select an object to split the panel.

    The splitting object can be a plane, a curve, a surface, or another panel. The splitting object must intersect the plate.

    Notes:
    • You can select multiple splitting objects.
      • If only one splitting object is selected, then the name of that object is displayed in the Splitting Object box.
      • If multiple objects are selected for splitting, then the number of splitting elements is displayed in the Splitting Object box.
    • You must not select a multi-domain result as a splitting element. If selected, a proper error message is displayed.
    Tip: Use Elements List to display the list of the splitting objects you selected. You can remove or replace the previously selected splitting objects.
  4. Click OK.
    The panel is broken into multiple panels. You can edit the geometry and material orientation of these panels individually.

    Notes:
    • If the stiffeners are attached to the panel, they are also broken along with the panel.
    • If a panel is a limiting element, after breaking it, the limits for the impacted limited elements are updated. An appropriate limiting element is selected from the split panels, the inputs are automatically rerouted and the limiting element list is updated.
    • If the limiting panel exist in another product, after breaking it, you need to manually reroute the limits for the impacted element.