I'm trying to load a model using enforced displacement and can't get it to work. I've tried using solids and shells with no results. It works fine with beam elements. I've tried both displacement and rotations, loaded on the geometry and nodes, but neither generate any results.
I must be missing...
I'm trying to create a linear, nonuniform distributed load over multiple beam elements. When I select multiple elements and a apply the load, I get a saw-tooth pattern. I don't want to have to load each beam individually using the appropriate value based on interpolation. There must be a way to...
I'm having a problem with ridged elements that don't seem to be working they way they should be - they are not transferring displacements 100%. That is to say, the dependant nodes are not displacing as much as the dependant nodes.
Here is a simple model:
I have a solid cube hex meshed. The...
I've imported some 2D geometry from AutoCAD and I want to turn the lines into surfaces. When I extrude a line to form a surface, it creats the surface but when I go to select it for further manipultaion I get a message saying that it has no facets. I've tried deleting the imported line and...
Just about everytime I run a model I create, it detects a singularity or a non-positive definite. I've tried the suggestions given by the respective help topic but they never work. The only way I've found to solve the issue is to find that node and remesh around it. I usually do that to about 10...
