Setting a Support
Select the faces to set as supports.
- Select Support from the dropdown menu of the Structural tool in the Physics group of the Simulation tab, or by selecting the Support tool in the Structural condition HUD.
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Select the faces to set as supports.
If your model contains Named Selections, you can click Advanced filters, select Link named selections, and choose one from the list.
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Under Structural Support, select the most appropriate
description for your support.
Unless your forces are perfectly in balance, you'll need to provide supports. A fixed support is often used, as it prevents both translational and rotational movement, however, a number of other support types are available.
- Fixed: Movement is prevented in any direction, including rotations.
- Sliding: Rotation is prevented except for normal to the planar surfaces where it is free to rotate about the normal to the plane.
- Hinged: Only applicable to cylindrical surfaces. With this support type, the support is free to rotate about that axis, which is defined as along the line of the cylinder.
- Ball: Only applicable to spherical surfaces. Prevents translational degrees of freedom.
- Displaced: Allows you to set the possible directions for moving and rotating. For each axis, you can specify whether it's fixed or free to move or rotate.
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For the Displaced support type:
- Enter a displacement value.
- Define the rotation and/or translation of the support. Specify 0 to prevent any motion in a given direction. The available directions will depend on the support type.
- Click Accept to complete the setup.