FEM ConstraintForce
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User documentation
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| Menu location |
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| Model → Mechanical Constraints → Constraint force |
| Workbenches |
| FEM |
| Default shortcut |
| None |
| Introduced in version |
| - |
| See also |
| FEM ConstraintPressure |
Description
This command applies a force of given value [N] to selected target geometry.
Usage
Applying a force to a face, line or point:
- In FEM workbench, click on
or select Model → Mechanical Constraints → Constraint force to open Force Constraint properties dialog. - If you have Mesh displayed, you need to hide it (select the mesh object and press spacebar or right-click and select Hide item) and show the original model.
- Click on a face, line or point to which a force should be applied. It will appear in the list of geometrical objects.
- Fill in Load [N] with a force value in [N].
- Direction: In a typical case, you'll leave this field empty to apply a force in the normal direction. You can revert the direction of the force by clicking Reverse direction. In other cases, you need to pick a face/plane or edge, which serves as reference for force direction.
- Click OK to finish the dialog and create ConstraintForce object.
Notes
Defined force is applied uniformly to selected objects. For example, if you define one force constraint with 200 N applied to two faces having the same area, each face will be uniformly loaded with 100 N.
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