Importing support points from Excel file to FEMAP constraints
Importing support points from Excel file to FEMAP constraints
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Hi,
I want to analyse a beam for its deflection, which has a uniformly distributed load (UDL) in it, by varying the support point locations. There are 100+ support cases that I need to input to FEMAP, which will take a long time if done manually.
Can anybody help me out in importing the support cases to FEMAP constraints.
For your reference, I have attached a few cases. I need them under constraints in FEMAP, without doing it manually.
Please help me out with this. I highly appreciate your contribution.
Thank you for your time in reading this.
I want to analyse a beam for its deflection, which has a uniformly distributed load (UDL) in it, by varying the support point locations. There are 100+ support cases that I need to input to FEMAP, which will take a long time if done manually.
Can anybody help me out in importing the support cases to FEMAP constraints.
For your reference, I have attached a few cases. I need them under constraints in FEMAP, without doing it manually.
Please help me out with this. I highly appreciate your contribution.
Thank you for your time in reading this.





RE: Importing support points from Excel file to FEMAP constraints
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RE: Importing support points from Excel file to FEMAP constraints
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RE: Importing support points from Excel file to FEMAP constraints
1. You have a specified node with specified NodeID (let’s say NodeID=1001) and you need to change the coordinate of this node 100 times? According to your excel file it is what you wish, because I can see the coordinates of this node for every case. This way I do not think you can actually make such a model with 100 constraint cases in it. The reason is every constraint case includes NodeID, but not the coordinates of the node. And this nodeID is constant for every case.
2. In your model you have 100 specified nodes with different coordinates. So you have a list of nodes. All this nodes exist in one model simultaneously. This way you will need 100 constraint cases and in every case you need only one node from this list to be fixed.
RE: Importing support points from Excel file to FEMAP constraints
another day in paradise, or is paradise one day closer ?