Nodes constrained on arbitrary plane in Abaqus
Nodes constrained on arbitrary plane in Abaqus
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Hi,
Trying to do something which I thought should be really easy but cant seem to find anything obvious.
I am trying to constrain a single node, or set of nodes, to lie on a plane, e.g free to slide about within that plane. Translational restraint only. Plane can be defined by three nodes, or a point and normal vector, either/or.
Effectively an axis of symmetry.
Similar to xsymm or ysymm etc, but in an arbitrary direction...
Any takers?
Cheers guys and gals.
Trying to do something which I thought should be really easy but cant seem to find anything obvious.
I am trying to constrain a single node, or set of nodes, to lie on a plane, e.g free to slide about within that plane. Translational restraint only. Plane can be defined by three nodes, or a point and normal vector, either/or.
Effectively an axis of symmetry.
Similar to xsymm or ysymm etc, but in an arbitrary direction...
Any takers?
Cheers guys and gals.





RE: Nodes constrained on arbitrary plane in Abaqus
RE: Nodes constrained on arbitrary plane in Abaqus
(unfortunately I am writing this inp from scratch rather than using CAE)
Cheers again.
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RE: Nodes constrained on arbitrary plane in Abaqus