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Building Flex Body Models

 
Creating a Flexible Body in Adams View
Creating a Flexible Body in Adams View (Classic Interface)
Connecting Flexible Bodies to Your Model
About Connecting Flexible Bodies
Limitations on Applying Elements to Flexible Bodies
Using Massless Links
Adding Markers to Flexible Bodies
Replacing Existing Bodies with Flexible Bodies
About Replacing Bodies with Flexible Bodies
Overall Procedure for Replacing Rigid Bodies with Flexible Bodies
Overall Procedure for Replacing Flexible Bodies with Flexible Bodies
Marker and Node Table
Attributes Inherited
Substitution Limitations
Handling of Expressions and Design Variables
Selecting the Existing and Replacement Bodies
Aligning Replacement Body
Transferring Connections
Replacing the Existing Body
Sorting Objects in Marker and Node Table
Reverting to Rigid from Flexible and Back Again
About Reverting to Rigid from Flexible Bodies
About Reverting to Flexible from Rigid Bodies
Verifying Flexible Bodies
Using the Info Tool to Verify Flexible Bodies
Using Adams Linear to Verify Flexible Bodies
Flexible Body Modeling with Adams Solver
Steps in Modeling Flexible Bodies with Adams Solver
Selecting Modes and Nodes
Creating Matrix Files
Writing Flexible Body Statements
Load Case Selection
To Activate load cases
To Deactivate load cases