From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Simulation for Finite Element Analysis
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Defining the constraint - SOLIDWORKS Tutorial
From the course: SOLIDWORKS: Simulation for Finite Element Analysis
Defining the constraint
- [Instructor] We're now going to apply a fixed geometry constraint at the big end of the con rod. Click on the study tab, conrod static analysis, hover over the Fixtures icon in the model feature tree, right mouse click. We can see there's a menu of different types of constraints we can apply to an FEA model. Click on Fixed Geometry, the icon with the little anchor. The little animation here clearly shows the behavior of this type of constraint. There are three selection boxes, Fixed Geometry, Roller Slider, and Fixed Hinge. These allow us to refine our constraints a little further, but we're going to stay with the Fixed Geometry option selected here. Now, there's a tab labeled Split. Let's click on this. You can see it's actually a shortcut to the insert curve split geometry command that we used previously. If you find yourself needing to manipulate geometry when you come to set up constraints, this is very handy. However, I prefer to plan ahead with the geometry manipulation so…
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