Fixtures and Loads

Fixtures and loads define the environment of the model...Loads and fixtures are fully associative and automatically adjust to changes in geometry...You can organize fixtures, loads, and connectors into folders

Simulation Toolbar - Fixtures/External Loads

The Fixtures/External Loads category provides tools related to fixtures and loads...Fixtures...Defines a fixture on the selected entities for the active structural study (static, frequency, buckling, or nonlinear study...

Simulation Study Tree

Connections folder, a Fixtures folder, an External Loads folder, and a Mesh folder...Fixtures and load conditions are represented by unique icons in...the Fixtures and External Loads folders, respectively, and contact conditions appear in the Connections folder

Graphics Area

When you add a load, fixture, or other control, the software adds symbols to the model...To hide all loads, fixtures, or...connections in one operation, right-click External Loads , Fixtures , or Connections , respectively, and select Hide All

Simulation Study Tree

For example, each structural study has a Fixtures, External Loads, and Connections subfolder...definitions appear in the External Loads folder, restraint definitions appear in the Fixtures folder, and contact definitions appear in the...You can organize fixtures, loads, and connectors into folders

Simulation Advisor

include loads, fixtures, connectors, and contacts...Fixtures...Access the Fixtures section of the Interactions Advisor

Drag and Drop Functionality

You can drag and drop (or copy and paste) materials, loads, fixtures, connections, mesh control, and results...study, but you cannot drag and drop External Loads or Fixtures folders or items from a thermal study to a structural study (static, frequency, or...Fixtures folder or items in the Fixtures folder

Filtering the Simulation Study Tree

..., pin, and bolt Fixture types such as immovable, on flat face, and symmetric Result plots such as ...

What's Wrong

When there is an error with the study, you need to fix the error in order to run the study. When ...

Simulation Studies

The Simulation Advisor helps you choose the study type, define loads, fixtures, and connections, and interpret the results