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Create system on curved surface for springs

Hi, I have several curved surfaces in a Hypermesh shell model (user profile is Nastran). I want to connect several different components together with spring elements. I would like to define a local system at each node on a line(s) which could be assigned/used for the spring elements. Can anyone help with a way to automate this process? I am using Hypermesh v11.

Any help is appreciated!

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Rahul Rajan_21763

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While creating springs i believe one have option to create LCS in Hypermesh using options subpanel.See attahced screenshot.

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Rahul R

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Rahul,

Thank you for the help. I should have mentioned that I am using v11 Hypermesh. I do not have the 'options' button. Instead, there is a dropdown menu for No systems, single system, 1 sys per layer, or 2 sys per layer. When I choose one of the sys choices, I do not see any systems being created. Maybe I am not understanding the drop-down menu choices?

Kind regards,

Diane