Apply loads/BC's on sketched areas instead of faces/points/edges/bodie
Apply loads/BC's on sketched areas instead of faces/points/edges/bodie
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I'm trying to figure out a way to define a load or boundary condition on an area of a body or face.
In Ansys Workbench/Mechanical it seems that you can only select an entire face, but I frequently have to define a load or BC on a select area of a face.
Is there a way to do this? As a workaround I've been creating very small (~0.001" thickness) bosses so I have something to select, but I would like to know the proper way of doing this without adding geometry that is not supposed to be there.
I've used design modeler to create sketches and surfaces but this hasn't solved the problem for me.
Thanks!
Adam
In Ansys Workbench/Mechanical it seems that you can only select an entire face, but I frequently have to define a load or BC on a select area of a face.
Is there a way to do this? As a workaround I've been creating very small (~0.001" thickness) bosses so I have something to select, but I would like to know the proper way of doing this without adding geometry that is not supposed to be there.
I've used design modeler to create sketches and surfaces but this hasn't solved the problem for me.
Thanks!
Adam





RE: Apply loads/BC's on sketched areas instead of faces/points/edges/bodie
RE: Apply loads/BC's on sketched areas instead of faces/points/edges/bodie
RE: Apply loads/BC's on sketched areas instead of faces/points/edges/bodie
RE: Apply loads/BC's on sketched areas instead of faces/points/edges/bodie
RE: Apply loads/BC's on sketched areas instead of faces/points/edges/bodie
After selecting my rectangle and clicking generate, a yellow check is produced next to the face split and there is a warning that says
"Warning: At least one tool geometry selection did not result in a split. Additional information: Face Split Group 1. Contesxt: FaceSplit Feature FaceSplit6"
RE: Apply loads/BC's on sketched areas instead of faces/points/edges/bodie
RE: Apply loads/BC's on sketched areas instead of faces/points/edges/bodie
The error is caused when you select a line that borders an edge, hence not resulting in a split.
Only lines need to be selected, not vertices, and only those lines that result in splits of the face.
"Glueing" is not required if you want nodes to lie along your sketched lines
RE: Apply loads/BC's on sketched areas instead of faces/points/edges/bodie
RE: Apply loads/BC's on sketched areas instead of faces/points/edges/bodie
i believe you can "freeze" the surface body and use it to create the split face.