Imported: Flexible Remote Connectors

Provides access to an external system’s data that includes flexible remote connections based on the stiffness of the external data provided. The import process places these objects under an Imported folder beneath the Connections parent folder.

Imported Flexible Remote Connectors Object

Additional Related Information

External system's flexible remote connectors data:

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 a graphics display color.
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 file. For CDB files, the column displays Remote Point. For ABAQUS files, the column displays Distributed Coupling. For NASTRAN files, the column displays RBE3.
ID	Displays the element Identifier from the source file.
Reference Node ID	This value is the ID of the node that is attached to the participating nodes. You can edit this property to assign a custom name to the Reference Node ID. The corresponding node is identified by the specified name in the solver file and can be accessed using command snippets. See the Reference Node Naming topic for additional information.
DOFs	Degrees of Freedom (DOFs) for the connectors.
Participating Nodes	A listing of the number of nodes (or Node ID for a single node) that are connected to the Reference Node through force-distributed constraint.
Weight Participating Factor	Determines the type of weight participation. It provides a drop-down list of options, however, based on the data contained in the source file, the application makes a default selection. Options include: Uniform User Defined Program Controlled The nodes can have Uniform participation or user-defined weights or Linear participation (in case of Distributed Coupling). For example, Uniform weight participation indicates that the force is distributed uniformly on to the participating nodes.

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:

Promote > Remote Point
Edit Items >
- Reference Node ID
- DOFs
- Weight Participating Factor > Program Controlled/Uniform
Export Text File
Suppress

Tabular Data

When you select a connection (row) in the Worksheet that contains dependent nodal DOFs, the Tabular Data window displays and includes the degree of freedom for each participating node.

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 Flexible Remote Connectors section of the ACT API Reference Guide for specific scripting information.