Spring Support
Set an elastic foundation at selected faces.
- In the Project Tree, open the Analysis Workbench.
- On the Analysis Workbench toolbar, select (Spring support).
- In the modeling window, select desired faces.
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Select the coordinate system from the drop-down menu.
Note: If needed, use the Create new button to create a new coordinate system.
- Under Units, choose the Foundation Factor and Stiffness units.
- Under Common foundations factors, choose an option from the drop-down menu.
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Define support stiffness values in one of the following ways:
Option Process Foundation factor Used to specify an elastic foundation. - Select the Foundation factor radio button.
- Specify values for the X, Y, and Z directions.
Support stiffness Used to specify local support stiffness. - Select the Support total stiffness radio button.
- Specify values for the X, Y, and Z directions.
- Click OK.