M. To assign plate corner release
To release degrees of freedom of a plate element corner node, use the following procedure.
Releases are
created for each node (by reference order) separately. To release multiple
corners, you must create multiple specifications.
- (Optional) Select the plates which will have the same plate release specifications assigned.
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On the
Specification ribbon tab, select the
tool in the
Specifications group.
The Plate Specs dialog opens to the Release tab. - Select which Node to which the release applies. These are based on the local coordinate system for the element.
- Check the Release directions. These are FX, FY, FZ, MX, MY, and MZ. Any directions not checked will be fully restrained in that degree of freedom.
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Either:
To… Do the following… add the specification to the model and assign to the current plate selection click Assign. add the specification to the model for later assignment click Add.