Point Spring Supports Table

• Function

Enter or modify point spring stiffness data for each GCS direction in a spreadsheet format Table.

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• Call

From the Main Menu select Model > Boundaries > Point Spring Supports Table.

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

• Entry (Refer to "Point Spring Supports")

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

Node: Node number

SDx: Spring stiffness in GCS X-direction (Node's local x-axis direction)

SDy Spring stiffness in GCS Y-direction (Node's local y-axis direction)

SDz: Spring stiffness in GCS Z-direction (Node's local z-axis direction)

SRx: Rotational spring stiffness about GCS X-axis (Node's local x-axis)

SRy: Rotational spring stiffness about GCS Y-axis (Node's local y-axis)

SRz: Rotational spring stiffness about GCS Z-axis (Node's local z-axis)

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