General Beam Section
The general beam section functions described below have been deprecated. Use the functions described in the section
Creo Simulate Beams: Sections, Sketched Sections, and General Sections instead.
Functions Superseded:
The function
ProMechgeneralsctndataAlloc() allocates the memory for the general beam section data handle.
The function
ProMechgeneralsctndataAreaGet() returns the cross-sectional area for each beam section. Use the function
ProMechgeneralsctndataAreaSet() to set the cross-sectional area for the beam section.
The function
ProMechgeneralsctndataAreaproductGet() returns the area product of the moments of inertia. Use the function
ProMechgeneralsctndataAreaproductSet() to set the area product of inertia.
The function
ProMechgeneralsctndataMomentsGet() returns the second moments of area for each beam section. These properties describe the stiffness in bending about a beam's principle Y and Z axes. Use the function
ProMechgeneralsctndataMomentsSet() to set the second moments of area for each beam section.
The function
ProMechgeneralsctndataShearcenterGet() returns the Shear DY and Shear DZ values. These values specify the distance between shear center (the point on a beam section about which the section rotates under deflection) and the centroid of the beam section, with respect to the principal axes. Use the function
ProMechgeneralsctndataShearcenterSet() to set the Shear DY and Shear DZ values.
The function
ProMechgeneralsctndataShearfactorGet() returns the Shear FY and Shear FZ values for the beam section. These values represent the ratio of a beam's effective "shear area" to its true cross-sectional area for shear in the principal Y and Z directions. Use the function
ProMechgeneralsctndataShearfactorSet() to set the Shear FY and Shear FZ values for the beam section.
The function
ProMechgeneralsctndataTorsionstiffnessGet() returns the second polar moment of area for each beam section. This property describes the stiffness in torsion. Use the function
ProMechgeneralsctndataTorsionstiffnessSet() to set the torsion stiffness for each beam section.
The function
ProMechgeneralsctndataStressrecoverypntsGet() returns the stress recovery points of the beam section. Use the
ProMechgeneralsctndataStressrecoverypntsSet() to set the stress recovery points of the beam section.
The function
ProMechgeneralsctndataFree() releases the memory assigned to the sketched beam section data.