COAT ENTITY: Coating Entities with Shells or Segments

COAT ENTITY: Coating Entities with Beams or Shells or Segments

It is often the case that a solid part needs its external surface coating with shell elements (usually null shells) for purposes such as defining contacts.

This process is laborious when carried out manually, and the COAT ENTITY function is designed to do it automatically.

Solid, Thick Shell or Shell parts may be coated with shells or 2d segments.

The free edges of Shell parts may be coated with beams, element_plotel or 1d segments.