Clips
The Clips component is used to define the clip properties.
Clip Properties
The following section explains the options used in Clip Properties.
- Type
- Defines the type of the clip.
- Height
- Defines the height of the clip, which is approximately the distance
between the bottom surface and top surface of the leaves, between which
the clip is used.Note: If two clips have different heights, then you will have to define two different sub-blocks.
- Width
- Defines the width of the clip.
- End Gap
- Defines the gap between the opposing edges at the top and it is needed for the visualization graphics.
- Depth
- Defines the length parameter along the x axis of the spring.
- Contact Property
- Defines the label of the contact properties that you have defined in the contact properties component.
- Type
- Defines the type of the clip.
- Height
- Defines the height of the pin from bottom, which is approximately the
distance between the bottom surface and the center of the pin.Note: If two clips have different heights, then you will have to define two different sub-blocks.
- Width
- Defines the width of the pin.
- Pin-Diameter
- Defines the pin diameter for graphic visualization.
- Depth
- Defines the length parameter along the x axis of the spring. It should be greater than the diameter of the pin.
- Contact Property
- Defines the label of the contact properties that you have defined in the contact properties component.
Rebound Clip Block for Leaf Property File (*lpf)
- Pin Clip Sub-block
- In the Pin clip sub-block of leaf property file, the attribute, type,
and valid value to be entered in TiemOrbit file format are detailed in
the table below. This table also provides information about the
mandatory requirements for attributes.An example of how a Pin Clip sub-block is represented in a TiemOrbit file format is shown below:
$---------------------------------------------------REBOUND_CLIP [REBOUND_CLIP] (CLIP_1) CLIPTYPE = 'PIN_CLIP' CONTACTPROPERTIES = 'METAL_PLASTIC' DEPTH = 3.75 HEIGHT = 24.0 PINDIAMETER = 3.75 WIDTH = 66.0 (CLIP_TABLE) {CLIPNO CLIPLABEL DIRECTION DISTANCE} 1 CLIP_1 FRONT 450
- Block Name = ‘Rebound_Clip’ (Required)
- Sub-block name = ‘clipLabel’ (Required)
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Attributes Type Valid Value Required contactProperties String Entered string should exist as sub block in the contact properties block. Yes clipType String PIN_CLIP Yes Depth Real - Yes Width Real - Yes pinDiameter Real - Yes Height Real - Yes
- C-Clip Sub-block
- An example of how a C-Clip sub-block is represented in a TiemOrbit file
format is shown below:
(CLIP_1) CONTACTPROPERTIES = METAL_PLASTIC CLIPTYPE = C_CLIP DEPTH = 32 WIDTH = 80 ENDGAP = 20 HEIGHT = 143
- Block Name = ‘Rebound_Clip’ (Required)
- Sub-block name = ‘clipLabel’ (Required)
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Attributes Type Valid Value Required contactProperties String Entered string should exist as sub block in the contact properties block. Yes clipType String C_CLIP Yes Depth Real - Yes Width Real - Yes endGap Real - Yes Height Real - Yes