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  1. MartinWa

    Select elements using

    Thank you again! It's those little things that are easy once you know them but very hard to figure out on your own... =/
  2. MartinWa

    Select elements using

    Yep, that seems like a better solution (the GAP-finder ;)... But now I have another problem, Patran doesn't seem to respect the Coordinate system I choose. When creating the springs I can also type in which coordinate system that my DOF is related to. This should be a cylindrical coord-system...
  3. MartinWa

    Select elements using

    Thank you! I managed to connect the meshes and run the analysis... Tough it was a bit tricky to find out which nodes to connect. I had to export all locations of the interesting nodes to Excel and in that program I ran a little VB-script that told me which nodes are closest to eachother.
  4. MartinWa

    Select elements using

    Hi! I'm working with two meshes (bearing/shaft) and need to connect them using spring elements but I'm having problems both to select the correct elements and to make the spring. 1st: How do I select the correct elements. I've made a cylindrical coordinate system at the center of a bearing...

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