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# There are several ways to invoke the command:
# Press the {{Button|[[Image:FEM_ConstraintDisplacement.svg|16px]]}} button or choose {{MenuCommand|Model → Mechanical Constraints → [[Image:FEM_ConstraintDisplacement.svg|16px]] Constraint displacement‏‎}} from the top menu.
#* Press the {{Button|[[Image:FEM_ConstraintDisplacement.svg|16px]] [[FEM_ConstraintDisplacement|FEM ConstraintDisplacement]]}} button.
#* Select the {{MenuCommand|Model → Mechanical Constraints → [[Image:FEM_ConstraintDisplacement.svg|16px]] Constraint displacement}} option from the menu.
# In the 3D-view select the object the constraint should be applied to, which can be a vertex (corner), edge, or face.
# In the 3D-view select the object the constraint should be applied to, which can be a vertex (corner), edge, or face.
# Choose a degree of freedom or prescribe a displacement.
# Choose a degree of freedom or prescribe a displacement.

Revision as of 13:42, 25 February 2021

FEM ConstraintDisplacement

Menu location
Model → Mechanical Constraints → Constraint displacement
Workbenches
FEM
Default shortcut
None
Introduced in version
-
See also
FEM tutorial

Description

Creates a FEM constraint for a prescribed displacement of a selected object for a specified degree of freedom.

Usage

  1. There are several ways to invoke the command:
    • Press the FEM ConstraintDisplacement button.
    • Select the Model → Mechanical Constraints → Constraint displacement option from the menu.
  2. In the 3D-view select the object the constraint should be applied to, which can be a vertex (corner), edge, or face.
  3. Choose a degree of freedom or prescribe a displacement.

Notes

  1. The constraint uses the *BOUNDARY card in CalculiX. Fixing a degree of freedom is explained at http://web.mit.edu/calculix_v2.7/CalculiX/ccx_2.7/doc/ccx/node164.html and prescribing a displacement for a degree of freedom is explained at http://web.mit.edu/calculix_v2.7/CalculiX/ccx_2.7/doc/ccx/node165.html