While doing a snapfit analysis in optistruct, I have given an enforced displacement to one component. While running it in simulation, both the components starts moving simultaneously
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You are displaying the results in linear animation mode (so what you are seeing is a linear interpolation of the final state, not each state in 'time') you need to view in 'transient' mode to view the increments
When you view it that way, I don't get that with the model you attached. I get the opposite problem (yours on left below) it passes through visually, as you have set a clearance of 5.8mm on the contact, if I reset clearance to blank it looks better (mine on right), my fem and h3d attached
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Paul Sharp_21301 said:
You are displaying the results in linear animation mode (so what you are seeing is a linear interpolation of the final state, not each state in 'time') you need to view in 'transient' mode to view the increments
When you view it that way, I don't get that with the model you attached. I get the opposite problem (yours on left below) it passes through visually, as you have set a clearance of 5.8mm on the contact, if I reset clearance to blank it looks better (mine on right), my fem and h3d attached
Hey Paul, thanks for being quick with the response, really appreciate this. I just wanted to know if there was any way by which I could show a snap fit simulation through this. Because as of now even with your file, seems like the 2 component stick together, I wanted the horizontal beam to slide back to original position (like a snap fit). I did try increasing the enforced displacement, seems like it is diverging.
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Anuj Nandal_21754 said:
Hey Paul, thanks for being quick with the response, really appreciate this. I just wanted to know if there was any way by which I could show a snap fit simulation through this. Because as of now even with your file, seems like the 2 component stick together, I wanted the horizontal beam to slide back to original position (like a snap fit). I did try increasing the enforced displacement, seems like it is diverging.
In the attached, run4 I switched contact to n2s and Consli, with a PCONT with small friction values and STEXP set (to better account for different stiffnesses during iterations) and increased the displacement to 28mm, that seems to work ok
I tried adding in your plastic mat props (run5) and then it still gets stuck at the end, but I think that might just be down to coarseness of the mesh and the cantilever is plasticly deformed
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