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Create/Modify Flexible Body

(Template Builder) Build → Parts → Flexible Body → New/Modify            Shared Dialog Box
Creates or modifies a flexible body. Learn about Flexible Bodies and modal flexibility, your template-based product's method of modeling flexible bodies.
 
For the option:
Do the following:
Flexible Body Name
If creating a flexible body, enter a name for the flexible body part.
If modifying a flexible body, enter its database name.
Type
(only in create mode)
Select one of the following:
■left/right - Define either the left or the right flexible body, and your template-based product creates the corresponding opposite flexible body by default.
■single - Define a nonsymmetric flexible body.
■Bulk Data File (BDF) - For a nonlinear flexible body.
Location Dependency
Select one of the following:
See a Summary of Location Dependency Options.
Orientation Dependency
Select one of the following:
See a Summary of Orientation Dependency Options.
If you set Type to left or right, your template-based product enables the following options:
Left/Right Modal Neutral File
Select an MNF file that represents the part.
If you set Type to single, your template-based product enables the following option:
Modal Neutral File
Select an MNF file that represents the part.
Sprung Mass %
Enter percentage contribution of part total mass into sprung mass.
(Used only for SVC event)
Mass, Force, Length, Time
If the BDF does not specify its modeling units, they must be specified here. If the BDF does specify its modeling units, they will be shown here. If the BDF units differ from those of the Adams model, Adams View will scale the geometry and mass properties appropriately in session; however, it does not edit the values within the BDF to reflect the Adams model units
Color
Specify the color to represent the flexible body.
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.
Test Modal
(only in create mode)
Select to display a utility that allows you to generate a modal neutral file from Test Modal Model (Universal file format data). For help on translating files, see the Adams Flex online help.
(only in modify mode)
Select to display the Flexible Body Mode Manager, where you can visualize/animate mode shapes and perform other operations, such as define the deformation scale factor, the inertia modeling, or enable/disable modes.