Role:Access an Abaqus Damper connection property object or determine its properties.
Properties
- Property Axis_sys() As
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Sets or returns the axis system in the Damper connection property.
- Returns:
- The object of axis system.
- Property DamperDef() As
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Sets or returns the definition of Damper.
- Returns:
- the Definition of Damper.
Legal values:- ABQ_LINE
- ABQ_NON_LINEAR
- Property DamperType() As
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Sets or returns the type of Damper.
- Returns:
- The type of Damper.
Legal values:- AXIAL
- GENERAL
Methods
- Sub AddSupportFromReference( iReference, iSupport)
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Adds support to the Damper connection property.
- Parameters:
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- iReference
- The CATIA Reference specifying the region to which the Damper connection property is applied.
- iSupport
- The CATIA Reference specifying the region to which the Damper connection property is applied.
Refer: CATIAReference
- Func GetLinearDamping( iDof) As
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Gets the linear damping value of the Damper given the degree of freedom.
- Parameters:
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- iDof
- The degree of freedom for which damping is asked.
Legal values:- U1_DOF
- U2_DOF
- U3_DOF
- UR1_DOF
- UR2_DOF
- UR3_DOF
- oDampingValue
- The Dampingvalue.
- Sub GetNonLinearDamping( iDof, oForceArray, oVelocityArray)
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Gets the non-linear damping value of the Damper in the form of array, given the degree of freedom.
- Parameters:
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- iDof
- The degree of freedom for which damping is asked.
Legal values:- U1_DOF
- U2_DOF
- U3_DOF
- UR1_DOF
- UR2_DOF
- UR3_DOF
- oForceArray
- The array of force values.
- oVelocityArray
- The array of velocity values.
Refer: CATSafeArrayVariant
- Sub ReadDampingDataFromFile( iDof, iFileName)
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Reads damping data from a text file for a damper connection property.
- Parameters:
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- iDof
- The degree of freedom for which damping data is asked.
Legal values:- U1_DOF
- U2_DOF
- U3_DOF
- UR1_DOF
- UR2_DOF
- UR3_DOF
- iFileName
- The complete path of the text file which contains the damping data.
- Sub RemoveAxisSystem()
- Sub RemoveDof( iDof)
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Unsets the linear damping value of the Damper for given degree of freedom.
- Parameters:
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- iDof
- The degree of freedom for which damping is set.
Legal values:- U1_DOF
- U2_DOF
- U3_DOF
- UR1_DOF
- UR2_DOF
- UR3_DOF
- Sub SetLinearDamping( iDof, iDampingValue)
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Sets the linear damping value of the Damper given the degree of freedom.
- Parameters:
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- iDof
- The degree of freedom for which damping is set.
Legal values:- U1_DOF
- U2_DOF
- U3_DOF
- UR1_DOF
- UR2_DOF
- UR3_DOF
- iDampingValue
- The Dampingvalue.
- Sub SetNonLinearDamping( iDof, iForceArray, iVelocityArray)
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Sets the non-linear damping value of the Damper in the form of array, given the degree of freedom.
- Parameters:
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- iDof
- The degree of freedom for which damping is asked.
Legal values:- U1_DOF
- U2_DOF
- U3_DOF
- UR1_DOF
- UR2_DOF
- UR3_DOF
- iForceArray
- The array of force values.
- iVelocityArray
- The array of displacement values.
The value in velocity array must be greater than previous value .
Refer: CATSafeArrayVariant