General Spring Connector

You can specify a general spring connector between flat, nonflat, and concentric cylindrical surfaces.

The general spring connector uses distributed coupling to establish an enhanced spring connector formulation that improves the performance and accuracy of the simulation studies.

To accurately represent the general spring connector, you can define up to six stiffness parameters using a local coordinate system.

The general spring connector is available with SOLIDWORKS Simulation Professional and SOLIDWORKS Simulation Premium.

To open the General Spring PropertyManager:

In the Simulation study tree, right-click Connections and click General Spring .