Nastran In CAD 1D elements, CBAR and CBEAM

[iortiz]

Hi,

On Nastran In CAD, 1D elements are called, Rod for CBAR and Bolt for CBEAM?

Thanks.

[Andrew.Sartorelli · Accepted solution]

Hi Igor,

It sounds like you are looking at the connectors. A rod connector is infact a CBAR element, but a bolt connect is a series of Rod and Beam elements that can be used to represent a bolt, it tends to be much more efficient then including a solid modeled bolt. Beams can be generated by associating a line element physical property with a sketch line generated in Inventor or Solidworks. Line elements can be either bar, beam, or pipe elements.