FEM ConstraintSpring

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    FEM ConstraintSpring.svg FEM ConstraintSpring

    Menu location
    Model → Mechanical Constraints → Constraint spring
    Workbenches
    FEM
    Default shortcut
    None
    Introduced in version
    0.20
    See also
    None

    Description

    Defines a spring boundary condition to be used for mechanical analyses using the FEM SolverElmer.svg Elmer solver.

    introduced in version 0.21: The spring constraint can be used for the equations FEM EquationDeformation.svg Deformation and FEM EquationElasticity.svg Elasticity.

    Usage

    1. Either use the toolbar button FEM ConstraintSpring.svg FEM ConstraintSpring or the menu Model → Mechanical Constraints → FEM ConstraintSpring.svg Constraint spring.
    2. In the 3D view select the objects the constraint should be applied to, which have to be faces.