https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/f/ram-staad-forum/145888/re-hole-in-plateHi I have created a cylindrical tank structure.. I have created this through structure wizard which has in-built geometry of cylinder. I had entered basic dimensions and it created FEA geometry.. Now, I have come across where I had to create hole inen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/thread/443476?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 19 Jan 2018 18:49:27 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:ad07590f-6411-414d-a1ed-251f7a16468eSye<p>Creating a hole on a cylindrical surface is not an easy task. First of all there is no automated way of doing this. Manually deleting some of the generated plates to approximately represent the hole will possibly be the easiest approach.&nbsp;</p> <p>If more accuracy is needed, you may refer to the wiki</p> <p><a href="/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/31716/modeling-intersection-of-two-cylinders-in-staad-pro">https://communities.bentley.com/products/ram-staad/w/structural_analysis_and_design__wiki/31716/modeling-intersection-of-two-cylinders-in-staad-pro</a></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>