Modify Adjustable Force
(Standard Interface) Adjust → Adjustable Force Shared Dialog Box
Modifies an adjustable force. Learn about adjustable forces.
For the option: | Do the following: |
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Adjustable Force | |
Adjustment Type | Displays the type of adjustable force you are modifying. You cannot change the type of adjustable force. |
Desired Value | Specify the target value that the adjustable force should achieve. |
Symmetric | Enabled when you modify component pairs (or brothers): ■yes - Modify properties of both components in a pair. ■no - Only modify properties of the selected component. When you modify a single component, this option is disabled because a single component is by nature asymmetric. |
More | This toggle will display additional options of adjustable forces. |
Pattern | Enter an array of ones (on) and zeros (off) to control the sequence of adjustment for multiple adjustable forces. For example, if you enter 0,0,1,0, your template-based product performs four initial static equilibrium simulations for adjusting the suspension, but the adjustable force acts during the third static equilibrium Simulation only. You should coordinate the pattern of all forces in all templates. Recommended pattern for toe and camber adjustable forces in the templates - Toe : 1 0 1 Camber : 0 1 1 Recommended pattern for toe, camber and caster adjustable forces in the templates - Toe : 1 0 0 1 0 1 Camber : 0 1 0 1 0 1 Caster : 0 0 1 0 1 0 Note: The first column will do toe adjustment, second column will do camber adjustment, third will do caster adjustment - these three adjustments generally are very close to the expected value. There could be influence of change in caster on the toe/camber, so fourth column is to do minor toe and camber adjustment. There could be slight change in the caster due to change in the toe/camber so that fifth column and so on. Also, you can't do all three adjustments together unless there is sufficient compliance in the system to accommodate effect of change in the caster on the toe/camber and vice versa. |
Stiffness/Damping | Specify stiffness/damping values, which form the basis of the force function definition. The adjustable force will use this stiffness and damping only if you set “Lock with Motion” to “no”. |
Motion Delta | Displays the distance which is required to move the J part to achieve the desired alignment value. |
Reset | Set motion delta value to zero. The adjustable force will be reset to initial suspension configuration. Useful when you have multiple adjustable forces of same type. You should coordinate the Reset button when you have multiple adjustable forces in the template. |
Lock with Motion | Select one of the following: ■yes - Motion is locked at the value computed during the initial static solution. ■no - Following the alignment analysis, the adjuster will use the specified stiffness/damping instead of a constraint to maintain the distance between I and J parts, which may introduce undesired effects when large amplitude forces occur in the model. |
Active | Select one of the following: ■yes – adjustable force will be active during a pre-event static equilibrium analysis. ■no – adjustable force will not be active during analysis. The saved motion delta or stiffness/damping will be used instead. |
 | Select to display a dialog box where you can add multi-line comments to any entity, to describe its purpose and function. Your template-based product displays different comments dialog boxes, depending on the entity type for which you want to record comments: ■If recording comments for modeling entities in Standard Interface, your template-based product displays the Entity Comments dialog box. ■If recording comments for any other entity type, your template-based product displays the Modify Comment dialog box. Learn about Recording Comments. |