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Modify Spring

(Standard Interface) Right-click component → Modify            Shared Dialog Box
Modifies a spring. Learn about Working with Springs.
 
For the option:
Do the following:
Spring
Enter the database name of a spring.
Property File
Specify the property file that contains the force-deflection relationship for the spring (either linear or nonlinear).

Select the "+" button to add a new property file to the list. Select the "-" button to remove one or more property files from the list.
Preload/
Installed Length/
Use Hardpoints/
Ride Height
Select the desired install method:
■Preload - Enter the desired spring load at the current position of the I and J coordinate references.
■Installed Length - Enter of the spring at the current position of the I and J coordinate references.
■Use Hardpoints - Your template-based product disables the text box and displays the length of the spring, which equals the distance between the I and J coordinate references.
■Ride Height: Enter the desired Ride Height along with Ride Height Measure variable which represents current ride height of vehicle.
If you select Installed Length, your template-based product enables the following option:
Select to display the Calculate Installed Length dialog box where you can enter the desired preload. Your template-based product pastes the new calculated installed length into the Installed Length text box.
Scale Factor
Enter a scale factor to be applied to the force function. The default is 1.0.
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.
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.
Select to modify:
■TeimOrbit File Format property files in the Curve Manager.
■XML File Format property files in the Property File Editor.
While either tool is active, you cannot perform operations in the main window. After exiting either tool, you can resume working in the main window.
Select to view property file information. By default, your template-based product displays this information in the Information window, but you can choose to display the information in a text editor.
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