SPH4

SPH4, XCENTER, YCENTER, RAD1, RAD2
Creates a spherical volume anywhere on the working plane.

Compatible Products: – | Pro | Premium | Enterprise | Ent PP | Ent Solver | DYNA

XCENTER, YCENTER

Working plane X and Y coordinates of the center of the sphere.

RAD1, RAD2

Inner and outer radii (either order) of the sphere. A value of zero or blank for either RAD1 or RAD2 defines a solid sphere.

Notes

Defines either a solid or hollow spherical volume anywhere on the working plane. The sphere must have a spatial volume greater than zero. (i.e., this volume primitive command cannot be used to create a degenerate volume as a means of creating an area.) A sphere of 360° will be defined with two areas, each consisting of a hemisphere. See the SPHERE and SPH5 commands for other ways to create spheres.

When working with a model imported from an IGES file (DEFAULT import option), you can create only solid spheres. If you enter a value for both RAD1 and RAD2 the command is ignored.

Menu Paths

Main Menu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Create>Primitives>Solid Sphere
Main Menu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Create>Volumes>Sphere>Hollow Sphere
Main Menu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Create>Volumes>Sphere>Solid Sphere

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