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Reaction forces
sebastian_glanzner
Member, Developers Posts: 426 PRO
in Simulation
At the moment there is no way to display the reaction forces, right?
This could be a nice improvement in my opinion.
Maybe we could select the mates and Onshape shows the reaction forces and moments.
This could be a nice improvement in my opinion.
Maybe we could select the mates and Onshape shows the reaction forces and moments.
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I just finished a call with another EVP participant who had the same request. I can say that the capability is available, but it will take a little time to implement into the Onshape client. Expect that feature to wait until after we have added remote loads and point masses.
Best,
Chris
are there any news about that topic?
Best
Niklas
I'm curious if there's any news on this front. Simulation seems to have been in stealth mode for quite a while now.
I am working on a Statics Solver Featurescript that you can try, but there may still be some bugs.
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/9e81e5d8e71227cf44c561b6/w/b644076af57215e652a8e7f3/e/6044abd6f98daf7912f567d6
That's really neat, but it doesn't really replace the need for a finite element solver. If you want to know how the forces distribute over something with complex geometries and redundant constraints there's really no substitute.
but it does calculate reaction forces, which the FEA doesn't really do, at least not easily.
It's a rigid body model. That's something you'd ideally do beforehand but it's not directly applicable to anything you'd want to use a simulation for.