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Spring to node 0 (earth)

Springs of this type can be connected to a structural node of any segment point. The structural node is determined by the part and the segment point (station). The position of the spring can be eccentrically moved by specifying a connection point at the original cross section.

SettingDescription

The spring can be placed either before or after a segment point.

Element number. The element numbers of springs are not considered when executing the automatically enumeration. The correctness of the element numbers is up to the user.

Defines the connection point where the spring has to be connected to. This points must be defined at the Cross-Section-Window

The node may either be defined by a part or directly by a node number

The support and spring constants must be defined using this button.