Properties

The 3DEXPERIENCE platform supports importing section features from Nastran.

See Also
Importing Nastran Features
Features Supported for Import from Abaqus

You have limited editing capability for imported section features. These are bulk features with imported data for more than one section.

Nastran Data Card Field Abaqus Keyword Notes 3DEXPERIENCE Feature
PROD *SOLID SECTION Truss Section or Beam General Section
PID Section assignment
MID Material assignment
A Cross-sectional area of the *SOLID SECTION
J If J < A 2 × 10 6 , J is ignored.

*SOLID SECTION

Truss Section and Mesh Truss Elements
Otherwise, I11=I22= J × 10 6 and I12=0.

*BEAM GENERAL SECTION, SECTION=GENERAL

Beam General Section and Beam (B33) Elements
NSM *NONSTRUCTURAL MASS, UNITS=MASS PER LENGTH Nonstructural Mass
PBAR *BEAM GENERAL SECTION Beam General Section
PID Section assignment
MID Material assignment
A, I1, I2, J, I12 Data lines on *BEAM GENERAL SECTION
K1, K2 *TRANSVERSE SHEAR STIFFNESS
PBARL *BEAM SECTION Beam Section
PID Section assignment
MID Material assignment
TYPE=ROD *BEAM SECTION, SECTION=CIRC
TYPE=TUBE or TUBE2 *BEAM SECTION, SECTION=PIPE
TYPE=I or I1 *BEAM SECTION, SECTION=I
TYPE=CHAN or CHAN1 *BEAM SECTION, SECTION=C
TYPE=T *BEAM SECTION, SECTION=T
TYPE=BAR *BEAM SECTION, SECTION=RECT
TYPE=BOX or BOX1 *BEAM SECTION, SECTION=BOX
DIMi Data lines on *BEAM SECTION
NSM *NONSTRUCTURAL MASS, UNITS=MASS PER LENGTH Nonstructural Mass
PBEAM *BEAM GENERAL SECTION Beam Section
PID Section assignment
MID Material assignment
N1(A), N2(A) Data lines on *CENTROID as CBEAM Wi(A) + PBEAM Ni(A)
A(A), I1(A), I2(A), I12(A), J(A) Data lines on *BEAM GENERAL SECTION for beam end A at node 1 (or offset from node 1)
K1, K2 *TRANSVERSE SHEAR STIFFNESS
X/XB=1.0

A(B), I1(B), I2(B), I12(B), J(B)

*BEAM GENERAL SECTION, TAPER

Second data line on *BEAM GENERAL SECTION, SECTION=GENERAL for beam end B at node 2 (or offset from node 2). Add TAPER if any properties at beam end B differ from those at beam end A.

NSM(A) *NONSTRUCTURAL MASS, UNITS=MASS PER LENGTH for beam end A at node 1 (or offset from node 1) Nonstructural Mass
PBEAML *BEAM SECTION Beam Section
PID Section assignment
MID Material assignment
TYPE=ROD *BEAM SECTION, SECTION=CIRC
TYPE=TUBE or TUBE2 *BEAM SECTION, SECTION=PIPE
TYPE=I or I1 *BEAM SECTION, SECTION=I
TYPE=CHAN or CHAN1 *BEAM SECTION, SECTION=C
TYPE=T *BEAM SECTION, SECTION=T
TYPE=BAR *BEAM SECTION, SECTION=RECT
TYPE=BOX or BOX1 *BEAM SECTION, SECTION=BOX
TYPE=L *BEAM SECTION, SECTION=L
DIMi(A) Data lines on *BEAM SECTION for beam end A at node 1 (or offset from node 1)
X/XB=1.0

DIMi(B)

*BEAM GENERAL SECTION, TAPER

Second data line on *BEAM GENERAL SECTION, SECTION=<TYPE> for beam end B at node 2 (or offset from node 2). Add TAPER if any properties at beam end B differ from those at beam end A.

NSM(A) *NONSTRUCTURAL MASS, UNITS=MASS PER LENGTH for beam end A at node 1 (or offset from node 1) Nonstructural Mass
PSHEAR *SHELL GENERAL SECTION Shear Panel Section
PID Section assignment
MID Material assignment
T Data lines on *SHELL GENERAL SECTION
NSM *NONSTRUCTURAL MASS, UNITS=MASS PER AREA for elements referencing PSHEAR Nonstructural Mass
PSHELL *SHELL SECTION, *MEMBRANE SECTION, or *SHELL GENERAL SECTION

Membrane Section if MID1 is greater than 0 and MID2 is not specified

Shell General Section if MID1 does not equal MID2, if MID4 is specified, or if 12I/T**3 is specified

Otherwise, Shell Section

PID Section assignment
MID1 *SHELL SECTION, MATERIAL
*MEMBRANE SECTION, MATERIAL
Data Lines on *SHELL GENERAL SECTION
T Data lines on *SHELL SECTION, *MEMBRANE SECTION, or *SHELL GENERAL SECTION
MID2 *SHELL SECTION, MATERIAL
Data lines on *SHELL GENERAL SECTION
12I/T**3, MID3 Data lines on *SHELL GENERAL SECTION
TS/T *TRANSVERSE SHEAR STIFFNESS
MID4 Data lines on *SHELL SECTION or *SHELL GENERAL SECTION
NSM *NONSTRUCTURAL MASS, UNITS=MASS PER AREA for elements referencing PSHELL Nonstructural Mass
PCOMP *SHELL SECTION, COMPOSITE or *SHELL GENERAL SECTION, COMPOSITE Composite Section or Composite General Section
PID Section assignment
Z0 OFFSET parameter
NSM *NONSTRUCTURAL MASS Nonstructural Mass
LAM=SYM *SHELL GENERAL SECTION, SYMMETIC Composite Section or Composite General Section
LAM=MEM *SHELL GENERAL SECTION, MEMBRANE ONLY
LAM=BEND *SHELL GENERAL SECTION, BENDING ONLY
LAM=SMEAR *SHELL GENERAL SECTION, SMEAR ALL LAYERS
MIDi, Ti, THETAi Data lines on *SHELL SECTION, COMPOSITE or *SHELL GENERAL SECTION, COMPOSITE
PCOMPG *SHELL SECTION, COMPOSITE or *SHELL GENERAL SECTION, COMPOSITE Composite Shell Section or Composite General Shell Section
PID Section assignment
Z0 OFFSET parameter
NSM *NONSTRUCTURAL MASS created on composite shell elements Nonstructural Mass
LAM=SYM *SHELL GENERAL SECTION, SYMMETIC Composite Shell Section or Composite General Shell Section
LAM=MEM *SHELL GENERAL SECTION, MEMBRANE ONLY
LAM=BEND *SHELL GENERAL SECTION, BENDING ONLY
LAM=SMEAR *SHELL GENERAL SECTION, SMEAR ALL LAYERS
GPLYIDi, MIDi, Ti, THETAi Data lines on *SHELL SECTION, COMPOSITE or *SHELL GENERAL SECTION, COMPOSITE
PSOLID *SOLID SECTION Solid Section
PID Section assignment
MID *SOLID SECTION, MATERIAL
CORDM *SOLID SECTION, ORIENTATION
CORDM=-1 *ORIENTATION, NAME=

*SOLID SECTION, ORIENTATION=

If all elements have the same orientation (that is, a constant orientation)
*DISTRIBUTION TABLE, NAME=

*DISTRIBUTION, NAME=

*ORIENTATION, NAME=

*SOLID SECTION, ORIENTATION=

If some or all elements have different orientations (that is, a distributed orientation)