Setting up fixtures

Now it is necessary to set up the fixtures of the structure. The command setting up restrictions on movement can also be retrieved by four methods. According to initial calculation conditions, the structure is transported using four vertical ropes. Retrieve the command of fixture setup. Let’s select the option general restriction and set limits to motion along axis Z.

Retrieval of the command Fixture

To simplify the process, let us select the filter Selection of a chain of ribs within the body. This mode allows for selection of a chain of ribs of the model by specifying the first and last rib of that chain.

Switching on the option of selection of the chain of ribs

Let us specify the fixed components of the structure by a sequential choice of the beginning and the end of each section of the model, to which a bracket is attached.

Setting up restriction on the model ribs

Fixtures and loads are applied to the structure

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