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What instead of RBE3

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gregorsky

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Hi,
I would like to use in Abaqus similar element to RBE3 which allowes me to apply concentrated force over some area. What type of connector is best for that in Abaqus?

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Greg
 
Distributing coupling constraint.
 
Thank You.
I use Patran 2004 for preprocessing but I cannot find this constraint there - is it with different name?
Available are:
explicit, rigid fixed, rigid pinned, linear (surf-surf,surf-vol,vol-vol), quad. (surf-surf,surf-vol,vol-vol), slider 12, elbow 17, pin 9, tie 5, revolute, v local, universal, ss linear 13, ss bilinear 14 and ssf bilinear 15
 
You can not find a RBE3 in Connector
RBE3 is distributed constraint
Look in constraints not in connector
 
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