Extracting Bolt (Beam) forces for Bolt Calculations
I've created an solved a small assembly with bolted connections, with its contacting face 'separated' for the bolt calculation.
Question: How can I extract bolt forces (Axial, Y-shear, Z-shear) for entry into the spreadsheet.
Comment: When using the Property feature to create Beam properties, the Calculate function computes the four entries with minus (-) sign, which had to be manually edited to (+) sign for Optistruct to solve. I had simply entered the value for R2, but not R1. (SimLab 2017)