Maintain forces while deleting connected RBE2

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi,

 

For a project I used RBE2 elements to connect the independent node, where the force is applied, to other nodes. I would like to delete some of the RBE2, but then the forces on the independent node delete themselves as well. Is there a way to keep them?

 

Thank you!

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  • Simon Križnik
    Simon Križnik Altair Community Member
    edited October 2018

    Hi Inge,

     

    the forces are deleted together with RBE2, because they are no longer referenced by any node after deletion.

    In order to keep the forces create temporary nodes (shift+F2) on independent nodes (where force is applied).

     

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited October 2018

    Hi, 
    Thanks for the response! Creating temporary nodes was indeed necessary.

  • Udhay Rohith
    Udhay Rohith Altair Community Member
    edited November 2018

    Also you can use preserved nodes option.....

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