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Defining Attachment Points

 
Defining Attachment Points in Parametric Extrusions
Defining Attachment Points in Existing Solid Geometry
Defining Attachment Points after Importing an External Mesh
Defining Nodes at the Attachment Points
Parasolid features
Direct node selection (only when applying the Geometry Method)
Spherical scanning
Cylindrical scanning
Automatic Node Selection
Rigid Body Element (RBE) Preview
Previewing Flexible Body (Mesh Only)
Attachment points are the only interface between the flexible body and the rest of the modeled mechanism. A set of auxiliary nodes (attachment points) has to be defined to connect one or more flexible elements, and to incorporate the flexible body into the model. Each one of these attachment points can be connected to one or more flexible elements, and there can be one or more connections with the same flexible element.
The attachment points are the only points at which either a constraint between the flexible body and another part can be defined, or force acting on the flexible body. Increasing the number of connections between an attachment point and the related flexible body causes reaction forces to be distributed over a larger surface, augmenting the flexible body's local stiffness.
ViewFlex offers three different ways to define attachment points on a flexible body, which are going to be described in the following chapters: