Navigation:  Calculation Modules > Analysis > ENERCALC 3D > Ribbons > Create > Model Generators > Circular Shells

Create > Model Generators > Circular Shells prompts you with the following dialog.

 

 

 

It allows you to quickly generate shells in a circle.  You may specify the number of segments to control the fineness of the mesh.  Generally speaking, a relatively fine mesh is recommended to minimize the discretization error along the curved edge.  The generated shells are mostly rectangular in shape, with some general quadrilaterals along the edge.  You should not use rectangular thin plate formulation in the analysis.  You may specify an insertion point to translate and rotation parameters to rotate the generated shells.  The generated shells have the default thickness and material properties.  You may assign them appropriate properties using commands in the Modify ribbon.

 

The following example shows shells generated in a circle using the input from the screen capture above.