Authorized Supports

Analysis specifications (load, restraints, masses and virtual parts) can be applied to different types of supports (or features):

You will see in this section on which support analysis specifications can be applied.

In the following tables, the symbol indicates that the feature is authorized.

If the only authorized Geometrical Feature is Face, the following supports are available (if they are authorized):

  • all the faces of pad, or all the faces of a hole, ... as Mechanical Feature
  • Surface Group as Geometrical Groups
  • Surface Group by Neighborhood as Proximity Groups
  • Surface Group by Boundary as Boundary Groups.
     

For example: pressure is applied on pad means that pressure is applied to faces of pad.

On which supports can loads be applied?
On which supports can restraints be applied?
On which supports can masses be applied?
On which supports can properties be applied?
On which supports can virtual parts be applied?
Preprocessing Specifications and Deactivated Mesh Parts


On which supports can loads be applied?

Load specifications can be applied to different types of supports (or features):

 

Supports

Geometrical Feature

Mechanical Feature

Analysis Feature

Spatial Groups

Geometrical Groups

Groups by Neighborhood

Groups by Boundary

Others

Pressure

Face

 

Distributed Force

Point/Vertex
Edge
Face

(homogeneous selection)

Virtual Part

Moment

Point/Vertex
Edge
Face

(homogeneous selection)

Virtual Part

Bearing Load

Cylindrical surface
Cone
Revolution surface

 

 

 

 

 

 

Imported Force

Point/Vertex
Face

 

 

Imported Moment

Point/Vertex
Face

 

 

Acceleration

Body 1D
Body 2D
Body 3D

 

Mesh Part
Virtual Part

Rotation Force

Body 1D
Body 2D
Body 3D

 

Mesh Part
Virtual Part

Line Force Density

Edge

 

Surface Force Density

Face

 

Volume Force Density

Body 3D

 

 

 

Mesh Part

Force Density

Edge
Face
Body

(homogeneous selection)

 

 

 

 

 

Enforced Displacement

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restraint

Creating Temperature Field

Body

 

 

 

 

Mesh Part


On which supports can restraints be applied?

Restraint specifications can be applied to different types of supports (or features):

 

Supports

Geometrical Feature

Mechanical Feature

Analysis Feature

Spatial Groups

Geometrical Groups

Groups by Neighborhood

Groups by Boundary

Others

Clamps

Point/Vertex
Edge
Face

Virtual Part

Surface Sliders

Face

 

 

 

 

 

Sliders

 

 

 

 

 

 

Virtual Part

Sliding Pivots

 

 

 

 

 

 

Virtual Part

Ball Joins

Point/Vertex

 

 

Virtual Part

Pivots

 

 

 

 

 

 

Virtual Part

Advanced Restraints

Point/Vertex
Edge
Face

Virtual Part


On which supports can masses be applied?

Mass specifications can be applied to different types of supports (or features):

 

Supports

Geometrical Feature

Mechanical Feature

Analysis Feature

Spatial Groups

Geometrical Groups

Groups by Neighborhood

Groups by Boundary

Others

Distributed Mass

Point/Vertex
Edge
Face

(homogeneous selection)

Virtual Part

Line Mass Densities

Edge

 

Surface Mass Densities

Face

 

Distributed Mass and Inertia

Point/Vertex
Edge
Face
Body

 

Virtual Part


On which supports can properties be applied?

Properties specifications can be applied to different types of supports (or features):

 

Supports

Geometrical Feature

Mechanical Feature

Analysis Feature

Spatial Groups

Geometrical Groups

Groups by Neighborhood

Groups by Boundary

Others

1D Property

Body 1D

 

 

 

Mesh Part

 

Local 1D Property

Edge

 

 

 

 

 

 

Imported Beam Property

Body 3D

 

 

 

 

 

 

2D Property

Body 2D

 

 

 

Mesh Part

 

Local 2D Property

Face

 

 

 

 

 

 

Composite Property

Body 2D

 

 

 

 

 

Mesh Part

3D Property

Body 3D

 

 

 

Mesh Part


On which supports can virtual parts be applied?

Virtual part specifications can be applied to different types of supports (or features):

 

Supports

Geometrical Feature

Mechanical Feature

Analysis Feature

Spatial Groups

Geometrical Groups

Groups by Neighborhood

Groups by Boundary

Others

All Virtual Parts

Edge
Face

 

 

 

 

 


Pre-processing Specifications and Deactivated Mesh Parts

To apply pre-processing specifications on a geometrical support, this geometry must be meshed. If one of the associated mesh parts is deactivated, the pre-processing specifications may be ignored by the ELFINI solver when you launch a computation depending on whether the pre-processing specifications are applied to the elements or to the nodes of element.

To know more, refer to Selecting Mesh Parts.