Force/Displacement
Apply uniform loads and/or displacements to faces, edges, vertices, or spots.
Note: Displacement is disabled for multi-loadcases.
- On the Project Tree, open the Analysis Workbench.
- In the workbench toolbar, click the (Force/Displacement) icon.
- Specify which type of entity will have constraints applied.
- Optional: If applying to Faces, you can select the Add tangent faces check box.
- Optional: If applying to Spots, you can create new spots by clicking Create new spot.
- On the modeling window, click to select specific parts on the model.
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Specify the coordinate system to which the force/displacement will be
applied.
The default is set to the Global coordinate system, which is automatically created upon geometry import.
- Specify Cartesian or Cylindrical.
- Specify the Force and Displacement units.
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Specify Total load or displacement along the X, Y, and Z axes.
- Use the drop-down menu beside each field to select Force or Displacement.
- Enter the desired numerical value into the text box.
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In Non-linear Structural Analysis, specify either follower force or fixed
direction force for each axis.
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Click the (Follower load) icon.
The icon will highlight. This designates a follower force.
- Leave the icon unhighlighted to designate fixed direction force.
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Click the (Follower load) icon.
- Click OK.