General Spring Supports Table

• Function

Enter or modify general nodal spring stiffness data in a spreadsheet format Table.

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• Call

From the Main Menu select Model > Boundaries > General Spring Supports.

Select Structure Tables > Boundaries > General Spring Supports in the Tables tab of the Tree Menu.

• Entry (Refer to "General Spring Supports")

Refer to Usage of Table Tool and enter or modify the following data:

Node: Node number

Type: General nodal spring stiffness type

SDx: Spring stiffness in the node's local x-direction or GCS x-direction

SDy: Spring stiffness in the node's local y-direction or GCS y-direction

SDz: Spring stiffness in the node's local z-direction or GCS z-direction

SRx: Rotational spring stiffness about x-axis of the node's local coordinate system or GCS

SRy: Rotational spring stiffness about y-axis of the node's local coordinate system or GCS

SRz: Rotational spring stiffness about z-axis of the node's local coordinate system or GCS

Group: Boundary Group in which the entered boundary conditions are included