Force at the constraint points

Altair Forum User

Hi,

 

Suppose I have a simple model of a body supported at a point with a 123456 dof constraint. How do I query the forces and moments at the constraint.

 

Similarly if I have 2 bodies connected to on another using RBE2 elements, how do I query the force that the RBE2 (I think of it as a constraint) see's or more precisely the node of the RBE2 sees?

Altair Forum User

Hi Mahek,

 

Please output using SPCF and GPFORCE.

 

Go to Analysis page>> control cards>> Global_output_request>> SPCF/GPFROCE

Altair Forum User

Ok. I switched these 2 things ok in the control cards.

Now how do i view these results?

 

I chose : SPCFORCE H3D REAL All       ALL

Altair Forum User

Mahek,

 

Load the result file in HyperView and plot for SPCFORCE and GPFORCEs