Imported: Spring Connectors

Provides access to an external system’s data that includes springs or bushings. The import process places this object under an Imported folder beneath the Connections parent folder.

Spring Example

Additional Related Information

Spring Data Example

Bushing Example

Bushing Data Example

Object Properties

The Details view properties for this object include the following.

Category	Properties/Options/Descriptions
Definition	Suppressed: Yes or No (default).
Graphics Properties	Color: Enables you to pick graphics display color of grounded as well as non-grounded springs.
Graphics Properties	Show Rows: Options include None, From Current Page (default), and From All Pages.
Transfer Properties	Source: Read-only display of the name of the source system file.
Transfer Properties	Read Only: Yes or No (default).

Worksheet Properties

The columns of the Worksheet display the following imported source data:

Property	Description
Type	Indicates the type of connection from the imported source file. Options include: Single dof: This option indicates that the spring is being applied in the local nodal coordinate system in a single degree of Freedom (DOF) direction (ux or uy or uz or rotx or roty or rotz) Multi dof: This option indicates that the spring is being applied in more than one DOF.
ID	Displays the node Identifier from the source input file.
Nodes	Indicates the nodes included with the spring. The nodes are contained in braces ("{}") and the element ID associated with the displayed nodes precedes the braces. For example, as shown in the image above, "nodes23{2, 104}" indicates element ID 23 includes nodes 2 and 104. You can double-click this field and edit the application assigned name.
Grounded Node	If a field of this column indicates None, then the participating nodes are constrained. If a field displays one of the node IDs, then that node ID is constrained in all DOFs. This column provides a drop-down list with the option None as well as a listing of the node IDs.
Stiffness	Displays the stiffness constants in all DOFs or one DOF depending on the Type of spring connector.
Damping	Displays the structural damping coefficient applied in all DOFs or one DOF depending on the Type of spring connector.
Coordinate System	Displays the coordinate system of the elements. The Coordinate System can be specified as a node or a vector.
Location	Displays the location of the spring damper element and is displayed based on either relative position or the coordinates with respect to the local/global coordinate system.
Location Coordinate System	Displays the coordinate system for the coordinates of the spring damper location.

Tree Dependencies

Valid Parent Tree Object: The generic Imported folder is automatically generated during the import process.
Valid Child Tree Objects: No supported child objects.

Insertion Methods

This is an automatically generated object of the External Model feature.

Right-click Options

In addition to common right-click options, relevant right-click options for this object include:

Edit Items >
- Node
- Ground Node
Suppress

Note: Review the Import Workflow and Interface Options topic in the Import Workflow and Interface Options section for all of the actions you can take when working with Worksheet data.

API Reference

See the Imported Spring Connectors section of the ACT API Reference Guide for specific scripting information.

Additional Related Information

See the following sections for more information: