Role:Access an Abaqus spring connection property object or determine its properties.
Properties
- Property Axis_sys() As
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Sets or returns the axis system in the spring connection property.
- Returns:
- The object of axis system.
- Property SpringDef() As
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Sets or returns the definition of spring.
- Returns:
- the Definition of spring.
Legal values:- ABQ_LINE
- ABQ_NON_LINEAR
- Property SpringType() As
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Sets or returns the type of spring.
- Returns:
- The type of spring.
Legal values:- AXIAL
- GENERAL
Methods
- Sub AddSupportFromReference( iReference, iSupport)
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Adds support to the spring connection property.
- Parameters:
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- iReference
- The CATIA Reference specifying the region to which the spring connection property is applied.
- iSupport
- The CATIA Reference specifying the region to which the spring connection property is applied.
Refer: CATIAReference
- Func GetLinearStiffness( iDof) As
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Gets the linear stiffness of the spring given the degree of freedom.
- Parameters:
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- iDof
- The degree of freedom for which stiffness is asked.
Legal values:- U1_DOF
- U2_DOF
- U3_DOF
- UR1_DOF
- UR2_DOF
- UR3_DOF
- oStiffnessValue
- The stiffnessvalue.
- Sub GetNonLinearStiffness( iDof, oForceArray, oDispArray)
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Gets the non-linear stiffness of the spring in the form of array, given the degree of freedom.
- Parameters:
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- iDof
- The degree of freedom for which stiffness is asked.
Legal values:- U1_DOF
- U2_DOF
- U3_DOF
- UR1_DOF
- UR2_DOF
- UR3_DOF
- oForceArray
- The array of force values.
- oDispArray
- The array of displacement values.
Refer: CATSafeArrayVariant
- Sub ReadStiffnessDataFromFile( iDof, iFileName)
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Reads stiffness data from a text file for a spring connection property.
- Parameters:
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- iDof
- The degree of freedom for which stiffness 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 stiffness data.
- Sub RemoveAxisSystem()
- Sub RemoveDof( iDof)
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Unsets the stiffness of the spring for given degree of freedom.
- Parameters:
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- iDof
- The degree of freedom for which stiffness is set.
Legal values:- U1_DOF
- U2_DOF
- U3_DOF
- UR1_DOF
- UR2_DOF
- UR3_DOF
- Sub SetLinearStiffness( iDof, iStiffnessValue)
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Sets the linear stiffness of the spring given the degree of freedom.
- Parameters:
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- iDof
- The degree of freedom for which stiffness is set.
Legal values:- U1_DOF
- U2_DOF
- U3_DOF
- UR1_DOF
- UR2_DOF
- UR3_DOF
- iStiffnessValue
- The stiffnessvalue.
- Sub SetNonLinearStiffness( iDof, iForceArray, iDispArray)
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Sets the non-linear stiffness of the spring in the form of array, given the degree of freedom.
- Parameters:
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- iDof
- The degree of freedom for which stiffness is asked.
Legal values:- U1_DOF
- U2_DOF
- U3_DOF
- UR1_DOF
- UR2_DOF
- UR3_DOF
- iForceArray
- The array of force values.
- iDispArray
- The array of displacement values.
The value in displacement array must be greater than previous value .
Refer: CATSafeArrayVariant