What is the reference point on a rigid body for?
What is the reference point on a rigid body for?
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Hi,
What exactly is the reference point on a rigid body for?
I am trying to do a contact model of a deformable solid with a rigid body sheet, but it won't let me run an analysis unless I define a reference point for the rigid body?
In addition, it requires the rigid body sheet to have a mesh, why?
I am quite new to abaqus and am just trying to understand as much as i can,
and help is very much appreciated,
Philip
:)
What exactly is the reference point on a rigid body for?
I am trying to do a contact model of a deformable solid with a rigid body sheet, but it won't let me run an analysis unless I define a reference point for the rigid body?
In addition, it requires the rigid body sheet to have a mesh, why?
I am quite new to abaqus and am just trying to understand as much as i can,
and help is very much appreciated,
Philip
:)





RE: What is the reference point on a rigid body for?
corus
RE: What is the reference point on a rigid body for?
Sorry for maybe asking basic questions but I've tried my best to find it in the manual but I just don't understand why a rigid body needs a reference point to apply a restraint to it?
Philip
RE: What is the reference point on a rigid body for?
corus
RE: What is the reference point on a rigid body for?
I was just a bit confused by it, but it seems all clear now.
Thanks for your help.
:)