FEM ConstraintTransform
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User documentation
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Menu location |
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Model → Geometrical Constraints → Constraint transform |
Workbenches |
FEM |
Default shortcut |
None |
Introduced in version |
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See also |
FEM Constraint plane rotation |
Description
Transforms the coordinate system of a face to a particular coordinate system - rectangular or cylindrical.
Usage
- Apply the Constraint displacement to a face first.
- There are several ways to invoke the command:
- Press the
FEM ConstraintTransform button.
- Select the Model → Geometrical Constraints →
Constraint transform option from the menu.
- Press the
- Select rectangular or cylindrical transform. The former can be applied to any face, the latter is available only for the cylindrical faces.
- Select a face to which the displacement constraint was previously applied. Press the Add button.
- For rectangular transform, specify a rotation about each of the three axes.
Limitations
- Cylindrical transform can be applied only to cylindrical faces.
Notes
- This constraint can be used to simulate torsion but only for cylindrical bars or parts containing such bars used to transmit torque.
- The constraint uses the *TRANSFORM card in CalculiX.
- Materials: Solid, Fluid, Nonlinear mechanical; Material editor
- Element geometry: Beam (1D), Beam rotation (1D), Shell (2D), Fluid flow (1D)
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- Utilities: Clipping plane, Remove clipping planes; Mesh clear, Mesh display info
- Additional: Preferences; FEM Install, FEM Mesh, FEM Solver, FEM CalculiX, FEM Concrete; FEM Element Types

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