How to edit shell structure

[LiveMike]

RE:

edit shell/ edit panel/ edit contour

Is it possible to modify the length of a shell element?

If I have a 120-foot long, rectangular tube made of shells in eight, 15-foot segments (Joint spacing is 15 feet.)

and I want to change the model to represent a

120-foot long, rectangular tube made of shells in three, 40-foot segments (Joints at 40 feet.),

can I edit the shells using ROBOT's graphical user interface, or must I redraw all shells/ panels/ contours from scratch?

I first tried doing it the "SAP2000 way"; I selected the nodes at one joint and tried to edit/ move them 25 feet, hoping that some panels would lengthen and others would shorten; however, nothing at all happened, so that seems not to work in ROBOT.

I thought could do it by changing the X coordinates of two points of a selected flat, rectangular contour in "Polyline-Contour", but I ended up changing the flat rectangle into a 3D surface.

[HoshangMustafa]

Hi

You can use Options of FE mesh generation tool.

Please find the attached file.

[Artur.Kosakowski · Accepted solution]

Please check:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Robot-Structural-Analysis/editing-slab-contour-geometry/m-p/3223160

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Robot-Structural-Analysis/VBA-Excel-macro-for-panel-geometry-modificat...

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[HoshangMustafa]

Hi

I'm sorry. I misunderstand. Sorry again.

[Rafal.Gaweda]

Or this :
http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/Robot-Structural-Analysis/Panel-contour-points-modification-API/m-p/38...