how to use reflect card

yogeshchandra
yogeshchandra Altair Community Member
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

how can i reflect my model by a distance keeping my original model , so that i can perform crash test between them?

everytime i use reflect card ,it reflects my orginial model but i cannot keep the initial model.

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited November 2018

    Hi @yogeshchandra

     

    When you are selecting the elements, make sure you 'duplicate' them before reflecting. 

     

    You can get into the extended menu by double-clicking on the entity selector.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>duplicate.png

  • yogeshchandra
    yogeshchandra Altair Community Member
    edited November 2018

    and how can i constrain the reflected model , can you provide me the steps ?thank you.

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited November 2018

    Hi @yogeshchandra

     

    I don't think you can reflect loads and BCs along with elements. 

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