Importing Restraints

Imported restraints enable you to incorporate a restraint definition from GPS into your analysis. Imported restraints can be oriented using rectangular coordinate systems only, and the following restraint types are available for import:

This task shows you how to import a restraint definition into your analysis.

  1. Click the Imported Restraint icon .

    The Imported Restraint dialog box appears, and an Imported Restraint object appears in the specification tree under the Boundary Conditions objects set for the current step.

  2. You can customize the name of the imported restraint by editing the Name field. By default, Abaqus for CATIA V5 uses the name of the restraint it imports as the basis for the name of the imported restraint, for example, if you import Bearing Restraint.1 into your analysis, Abaqus for CATIA V5 uses the name Bearing Restraint-1 for the imported restraint object.

  3. Select the restraint feature or restraint set that you want to import. Any selectable geometry is highlighted when you pass the cursor over it.

    The Supports field is updated to reflect your selection.

  4. Click More to view the propagation status of the imported restraint. The propagation status shows the following:

    • Whether the imported restraint was Created in this step or Propagated into this step.

    • Whether the imported restraint is Active or Inactive.

  5. Click OK in the Imported Restraint dialog box.

    Symbols representing the constrained degrees of freedom are displayed on the geometry.