Translation of components as variable

Altair Forum User

Good afternoon,
I'm making a study on a system with lumped parameters. I want to make a Design of Experience and a Fit with hyperstudy.
The variables are the stifness of two spring with two cilinders linked, their relative distance and their absolute distance from the ground.
I'm able to implement the stiffness of the spring as variable, but i'm not able to make a variable that will consider the rigid translation of the two parts (each part is made by a spring fixed in one side and connected to a cylinder on the other side) with respect to the ground. I want only to consider a variable which will translate them rigidly.

I've Hyperworks 12 and 14. I'm modelling with HyperMesh and HyperCrash.

Thanks

Altair Forum User

Geometry changes are generally handled by morphing in HyperMesh.  There are several HyperMesh tutorials on how to create shapes, and a HyperStudy tutorial such as HS-1025 shows how to use the shapes in HyperStudy once they are created.