Special Elements

The 3DEXPERIENCE platform supports exporting special element features to Nastran.

See Also
Exporting Meshes to Nastran
Exporting Files to Nastran
3DEXPERIENCE Feature Abaqus Equivalent Nastran Complement (NAS Entry)
Point Inertia *MASS CONM2 + CORD2C/CORD2R
Mass Per Unit Area *NONSTRUCTURAL MASS, ELSET=element set, UNITS = MASS PER AREA NSM (Case Control Command) + NSMADD + NSM (Bulk Data Entry)
Mass Per Unit Length *NONSTRUCTURAL MASS, ELSET=element set, UNITS = MASS PER LENGTH
Damping *MODAL DAMPING, DEFINITION=FREQUENCY RANGE

*GLOBAL DAMPING, ALPHA="...", BETA="..."., STRUCTURAL="..."

*DAMPING CONTROLS, STRUCTURAL="...", VISCOUS="..."

TABDMP1 + DAMPING
Rigid Body *RIGID BODY RBE2