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Refering to Point Mass using Command Snippet in Workbench 11

Refering to Point Mass using Command Snippet in Workbench 11

Refering to Point Mass using Command Snippet in Workbench 11

(OP)
Hi,

  If I want to apply a force to a rigid point mass, how can I refer to the point mass in the command snippet? In classic you can apply the force to the node that represents the point mass. I don't see how to get that information in workbench.

Thanks for your help.

RE: Refering to Point Mass using Command Snippet in Workbench 11

Hi,
I don't think I understand your point:
if you are able to create the mass within WB, that means that you have a "hard point" in your model which is adequate for that scope. But in this case I really don't see why you couldn't use the same hard-point to scope your force to.
If, instead, you don't have this "hard-point" in the model, you will have to define it via APDL in the snippet; thus node cration, elem type creation, real constants declaration, elem creation, and force application, will all be "written" in APDL.

Regards

RE: Refering to Point Mass using Command Snippet in Workbench 11

(OP)
Hi cbrn,

Thanks for your interest in my question, but I recently recieved an answer. In workbench, one can't simply click a point mass and add a force. This can be accomplished by the following command snippet:

mass_node=node(xloc,yloc,zloc)
F,mass_node,Fdir,value

The location of the point mass is displayed in the information window for the point mass.

  

RE: Refering to Point Mass using Command Snippet in Workbench 11

Hi,
"one can't simply click a point-mass and add a force": interesting information, I didn't know that. Never faced this problem until now, but may happen in the future.
Yeah, the APDL commands you mention are therefore the simplest (and maybe the only one...) solution.

Regards

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