Creating Points to Points Analysis Connections

Points to points analysis connections are similar to general analysis connections; however, points to points analysis connections are used for connecting a mesh part with a second mesh part. The connection is made through a group of one or more points or vertices. You should use the Move Mesh Nodes tool in the Advanced Meshing Tools workbench or the Add Constraints tool in the Advanced Surface Mesher workbench to associate nodes on the meshed part with geometric points.

You apply a nodes to nodes connection property to a points to points analysis connection and specify the degrees of freedom between the selected components.

This task shows you how to create a points to points analysis connection between two mesh parts.

  1. Click the Points to Points Analysis Connection icon .

    The Points to Points Analysis Connection dialog box appears, and a Points to Points Analysis Connection object appears in the specification tree under the Analysis Connections objects set.

  2. You can change the identifier of the general analysis connection by editing the Name field.

  3. Select the first component of the connection. You can select a single vertex, a single point, or a group of points or vertices.

  4. Select the mesh part to associate with the first component.

  5. Select the second component of the connection. You can select a single vertex, a single point, or a group of points or vertices.

  6. Select the mesh part to associate with the second component.

  7. Click OK in the Points to Points Analysis Connection dialog box.