Create Box

Geometry > Body > Create > Primitives > Box

Dialog Box

CAD Body Type Mesh Body Type

This tool is used to create a cuboid or box as Mesh or CAD entities.

  • Define Box Options
    • On Planar Face

      Pick a planar face to define the box on top of it.

    • Rectangle Selection

      Left click on mouse and drag to define a box.

    • Dimensions

      In this option, the dimensions of the box can be specified. Pick a node or vertex. This node or vertex will be the centroid of the box. The dimensions of the box can then be edited. Instead of picking a node or vertex, the coordinates of the centroid can be entered manually.

    • Bounding Body

      Pick a Body to define the box. The dimensions of the box can be edited.

    • Align to body orientation

      Bounding body will be defined based on the body orientation. The dimensions of the box can be edited.

    • Selected Faces

      Select a set of faces to define a box that encloses the given faces.

    • 2 Planar faces

      Select 2 planar (either parallel or perpendicular) faces to define a box.

    • 3 Nodes

      Pick three non-collinear nodes to define a box. These nodes will form the center plane for the box. The box will be created using this plane.

    • 3 Vertices

      Pick three non-collinear vertices to define a box. These nodes will lie on the center plane of the box.

    • 3 Faces

      Pick 3 faces

  • Body Type
    User can choose the body type either CAD or Mesh.
    • Mesh

      Specify element type and number of elements or mesh size.

    • Element Type

      To create a meshed box, user can specify the element type as Tri3, Quad4, Tet4, Wedge6 and Hex8.

    • Number of Elements/Mesh size

      User can specify the number of elements in X, Y and Z direction or Mesh size.

  • Model
    • Existing Model

      If this toggle is ON, the box will be added to the specified existing model.

      Note: For CAD (Parasolid), only models that were imported with Save geometry in database option will be listed.
    • New Model

      If this toggle is ON, the box will be added to the new model.

  • Body name

    User can specify the body name.