Fixed

The shown vertex of the wedge representing a pressure vessel meshed with solid elements is fixed...The edges of the holes of the shell are fixed...If the handle is analyzed as a part, the two highlighted faces can be fixed in space

Immovable

To access the immovable restraint, right-click on Fixtures in Simulation study tree and select Fixed Geometry...The Fixed Geometry restraint however is the same as the immovable restraint for...Fixed: No rotations at the fixed edges (slope of the deflected shape is zero...

Standard Fixtures

Fixed Geometry...Fixed Hinge Restrains the selected circular edge so that it can rotate about its own ...

Export Options - NASTRAN

Long form, free format Short Fixed...Short form, fixed format...Fixed Long form, fixed format SI, IPS,

Preventing Rigid Body Motion

If you fix three vertices, the model is stable...Fixing any number of vertices along a straight line is not adequate to stabilize a solid model...Although fixing a vertex theoretically stabilizes a shell model, the numerical

Beam Diagrams PropertyManager

Example of a fixed-fixed beam subjected to a uniformly distributed load along Dir 1...Fixed-fixed beam subjected to a

Summary of Displacement Restraints

Fixed Geometry (fixes translations and rotations...Immovable (fixes translations only...Fixed Hinge ...

Applying a Restraint

In a study, do one of the following: Right-click Fixtures and select from the options...Fixed Geometry...In nonlinear studies and for restraints other than Fixed, Immovable, and Symmetry restraints, you can associate the selected restraint type with a

Applying Loads and Restraints to Shells

Since shell elements have rotational degrees of freedom, you must differentiate between the Immovable restraint (no translation) and the Fixed

Nonlinear - Solution

fixture condition from fixed to free when restarting the analysis: Under Translations (Fixture PropertyManager), type 1 in the direction which you...To change a fixture condition from free to fixed when restarting the analysis...ignores this fixture and the selected entity where the fixture is applied is free to move

Applying a Prescribed Displacement

In the Fixture PropertyManager, select one of the following: Use Reference Geometry...column cell at a particular time step, the selected dofs are considered fixed

Thermal - Advanced Options

... by the program, or select Fixed to directly specify a value. A value of 1 allows the solution to ...

Fixtures

The Fixture PropertyManager allows you to prescribe zero or non-zero displacements on vertices, edges, or faces for use with static, frequency...

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

Working with Assemblies

A fixed body can still transfer contact interactions to touching parts...To fix a portion of a body, use the Fixed Geometry option in Fixture PropertyManager...The body can move to the extent allowed by its fixtures and connections to other parts

Deleting Analysis Library Features

Locate the load/fixture/connection item you want to remove from the library...You also remove a library feature by deleting the corresponding load/fixture/connection item

Creating Library Analysis Features

Define the loads, fixtures, and connections that you want to add to the analysis library...Fixed-1 icon changes from to indicating that this item has been added to the library...In the Simulation study tree, define the load, fixture, or connection that you want to add to the analysis library

Library References

When you define a load or a fixture and add it to a library, the software creates at least one item in the Library References folder...References folder lists all selections related to defining a load, fixture, or connection library feature...For example, when you define a load, fixture, or connection, you select a load/fixture/connection entity, a reference geometry to define direction (if applicable), and provide numerical value(s) for that load, fixture, or connection

Default Options - Load/Fixture

Sets the default color of symbols for analysis features like loads, fixtures, connectors, and mesh control...Check for load/fixture definitions on duplicate faces (slower performance...In the Default Options - Load/Fixture dialog box: To change the Symbol size, click the spin arrows to increase or decrease the size of the symbol, or...

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...

Plasticity Tresca Model

... value 0. The radius of the yield surface expands but its center remains fixed in deviatoric space. ...

Axes Dialog Box

... plot. Consider a cylinder that is subjected to an internal pressure and fixed at the bottom. The ...

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

Plasticity von Mises Model

... 0. The radius of the yield surface expands but its center remains fixed in deviatoric space. For ...

Use Inplane Effect

It is also assumed that the magnitude and direction of the loads remain fixed and their points of application move with the