FEM output for assemblies containing repeated parts with common thickness/material midsurface properties generates duplicate NASTRAN property cards. In large assembly models, the number of duplicate PIDs becomes large and merging them to facilitate thickness variation of a part via editing the bulk data becomes cumbersome. Request enhancement to merge these PSHELLs across common parts (e.g. all instances of PRT0001 should reference a common PID) or provide option to do so. Example mat/prop output for a pattern of two common parts of thickness .025" in an assembly is as follows:
$ ----------------------------------------
$ Mesh "ASM0002"
$ Included Components :
$ ASM0002
$ PRT0001 (Assembly Path : [48])
$ PRT0001 (Assembly Path : [50])
$ Coordinate System for grid coordinates
CORD2R,2,1,0.,0.,0.,0.,0.,1.,
,1.,0.,0.
$ Coordinate System for default grid displacement
CORD2R,3,2,0.,0.,0.,0.,0.,1.,
,1.,0.,0.
MAT1,1,3.82228E9,,0.3,0.098,1.3E-5,,,
PSHELL,1,1,0.025,1,,1
PSHELL,2,1,0.025,1,,1
