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About Supports
Preprocessing specifications (loads, restraints, masses) can be applied to different types
of supports (or features):
- Geometrical support: point, vertex, curve, edge, face, surface, volume...
- Mechanical support: pad, fill...
- Analysis support: virtual part, mesh, group, restraint...
When you select a mechanical feature (pad, fill...), the analysis specification is actually applied on the resulting associated geometry. If this geometry is not an authorized geometrical supports (see tables below), you will not be able to select the mechanical feature. For example, selecting a fillet for a Line Force Density is not allowed because the resulting geometries of a fillet are surfaces while the authorized geometrical entities for Line Force Density are line or edges.
In the following tables, Authorized indicates that the type of feature is authorized. If the only authorized Geometric Feature is Face, all the faces of pad, or all the faces of a hole, ... as Mechanical Feature are available (if they are authorized). For example, a pressure applied on a pad means that this pressure is applied to the faces of the pad. The same rule is applied to groups as analysis support: if the geometric support is a face and geometric group is supported, then only group of faces can be selected.
To apply a restraint, a load or a connection to one extremity of a beam, you need to first put the point that were possibly created at the extremity of this beam, in order to build the wireframe, into the Hide mode. As result, to apply the above mentioned specifications, you will select the extremity of the wireframe and not the hidden point (small cross in the 3D view) as this point is not linked to the mesh.
On which supports can loads be applied?
| Commands | Geometric Support | Mechanical Support | Analysis Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pressure | Face | Authorized | Spatial group Geometric group Group by Neighborhood Group by Boundary |
| Enforced Displacement | - | - | Restraint |
| Force | Edge Face Body (homogeneous selection) |
Authorized | Spatial group Geometric group Group by Neighborhood Group by Boundary |
| Moment | Point/Vertex Edge Face (homogeneous selection) |
Authorized | Spatial group Geometric group Group by Neighborhood Group by Boundary Virtual part |
| Distributed Force | Point/Vertex Edge Face (homogeneous selection) |
Authorized | Spatial group Geometric group Group by Neighborhood Group by Boundary Virtual part |
| Bearing Load | Cylindrical surface Cone Revolution surface |
- | - |
| Acceleration | Body (1D, 2D, 3D) | - | Spatial group Geometric group Mesh Virtual part* |
| Rotation | Body (1D, 2D, 3D) | - | Spatial group Geometric group Mesh Virtual part |
| Line Force Density | Edge | Authorized | Spatial group Geometric group Group by Neighborhood Group by Boundary |
| Surface Force Density | Face | Authorized | Spatial group Geometric group Group by Neighborhood Group by Boundary |
| Volume Force Density | 3D Body | - | Spatial group Geometric group Mesh |
| Temperature Field | Body | - | Spatial group Geometric group Mesh |
* To simulate the application of a weight on a virtual part, you must apply a mass and then an acceleration on this virtual part.
On which supports can restraints be applied?
| Commands | Geometric Support | Mechanical Support |
|---|---|---|
| Clamp | Point/Vertex Edge Face |
Authorized |
| Surface Slider | Face | Authorized |
| User-defined Restraint | Point/Vertex Edge Face |
Authorized |
On which supports can masses be applied?
| Commands | Geometric Support | Mechanical Support | Analysis Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masses | Point/Vertex Edge Face |
Authorized | Spatial group Geometric group Group by Neighborhood Group by Boundary Mesh Virtual part* |
| Line Mass Density | Edge | Authorized | Spatial group Geometric group Group by Neighborhood Group by Boundary Mesh |
| Surface Mess Density | Face | Authorized | Spatial group Geometric group Group by Neighborhood Group by Boundary Mesh |
| Distributed Mass and Inertia | Point/Vertex Edge Face Body |
- | Spatial group Geometric group Group by Neighborhood Group by Boundary Mesh Virtual part |
* To simulate a weight on a virtual part, you must couple a mass and an acceleration.