M. To assign a spring support
To assign a linear spring in one or more degrees of freedom to a support, use the following procedure.
You may want to change the system of input units to convenient values for your spring constants before creating a spring support type.
- Select the nodes that will have the same support condition.
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On the
Specifications ribbon tab, select the
Custom tool in the
Supports group.
The Create Supports dialog opens to the Fixed But tab. -
In the
Define Springs group, type the linear spring
constant to use for each translational and rotational spring direction.
- KFX - translation in the global x direction
- KFY - translation in the global y direction
- KFZ - translation in the global z direction
- KMX - rotation about the global x axis
- KMY - rotation about the global y axis
- KMZ - rotation about the global z axis
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Either:
To… Do the following… add the support type to the model and assign to the current node selection click Assign. add the support to the model for later assignment click Add.