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Three-Component Force tool

Ribbon menu → Forces tab → Applied Forces container → Three-Component Tool
or
(Classic) Build → Forces → Three-Component Tool
Creates a translational force between two parts in your model using three orthogonal components.
Learn more about:
 
For the option:
Do the following:
Construction
Set the method you want to use to define the bodies and force-application points. You can select the following:
■1 Location
■2 Bodies - 1 Location
■2 Bodies - 2 Locations
Normal to Grid/
Pick Feature
Set how you want the force oriented. You can select:
■Normal to Grid - Lets you orient the force normal to the current Working grid, if it is displayed, or normal to the screen.
■Pick Feature - Lets you orient the force along a direction vector on a feature in your model, such as along an edge or normal to the face of a part.
Characteristic
Specify the characteristics of the force:
■Constant force - Lets you enter a constant force value or let Adams View use a default value.
■Bushing Like- Lets you enter stiffness and damping coefficients and lets Adams View create a function expression for damping and stiffness based on the coefficient values.
■Custom - Adams View does not set any values for you, which, in effect, creates a force with zero magnitude. After you create the force, you modify it by entering a function expressions or parameters to a User-written subroutine that is linked to Adams View. You can also specify an alternative library and name for the user subroutine. Learn about specifying routines with ROUTINE Argument.
If you selected Constant Force, the following option appears:
Force Value
Enter a constant force value.
If you selected Bushing Like, the following two options appear:
Translational K
Enter the stiffness coefficients.
Translational C
Enter the damping coefficients.
 
Notes:  
Unit-bearing expressions get resolved down to a real and AView does not adjust them to match the units assumption within ASolver functions.