Plates are converted to a PANEL and BOUNDARY statement. In conversion phase 1 the boundary of the panel is created with curves. In conversion phase 2 the topological relations of the plate are converted to their Tribon counterparts (if possible).  Cutouts are converted as curves and a crossover is converted as a line.

Limitations:

A panel must not have more than 1 plate.

The tribon boundary statement can contain only 12 boundaries. A plate in Nupas can have up to 796 relations.

Settings in configuration file:

dt - data type to be used in the panel statement

panelname - name for panel in panel statement