Beam to Plate — which beams and sections can convert
b2p_surveyRead-only
Reads the model the way the Beam to Plate plugin (1.0.6) does and studies every section the chosen beams use, against CIVIL NX's own published properties (/ope/SECTPROP): whether the outline was READ correctly (A/Iyy/Izz vs published) and how far the PLATE model sits from it, the verdict (converts / blocked / not read, with the reason), the plugin's plate-or-solid suggestion with the mesh a solid would need, material slots of composite parts, the model's length/force units, the beams that cannot be converted and why, and an element estimate for the mesh. Choose beams with ONE of elementIds, sections, groups or useCivilSelection (default: every beam). Read-only; on the website it runs as a background job (poll job_status).
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| model | No | convert = plates/solids along the member; slice = a transverse slice of each section meshed in its own plane (beams kept, nothing linked or loaded). | convert |
| facets | No | Facets per circle for round sections. | |
| groups | No | Every beam in these structure groups. | |
| meshAs | No | Per-section override of the suggestion, {sectionId: 'plate'|'solid'}. | |
| longSize | No | Mesh size along the member (default 0.5 m), in the model's length unit (b2p_survey reports it). | |
| sections | No | Every beam of these section ids. | |
| calibrate | No | Adjust plate thicknesses so the mesh has the section's own A, centroid, Iyy, Izz: where the shape is idealised (generic), every section, or never. | generic |
| solidMode | No | auto = each section as the plugin suggests (solid for compact concrete, plates for thin walls); plate; solid. | auto |
| transSize | No | Mesh size across the section (default 0.25 m), in the model's length unit (b2p_survey reports it). | |
| elementIds | No | Beam element ids: "101-118, 205" or [101, 102]. | |
| solidPlates | No | How a solid (concrete) section meshed as PLATES is idealised: grid of plates over the real section; thin plates round the outline; one plate per wall. | grid |
| sectionLimit | No | How many section cards to return. | |
| acceptSections | No | Section ids to convert although their check failed (the window's 'Convert anyway'). Only with the user's agreement. | |
| useCivilSelection | No | The elements selected in CIVIL NX right now. | |
| includeUncountedStiffeners | No | Also mesh stiffeners CIVIL NX leaves out of the section (the 'C' box unticked). |