Simulation: How to apply a load on a specific area of a face.

[sylvain_boyer6TGNB]

I would like to run a static simulation where I have a Y constraint (vertical direction) on a partial area of the bottom face of my part, in the simulation module=> Simplify,  I could create a sketch to model the boundary. There is no option to create a face.

When I exit the the simplify I cannot, the sketch is not visible and I cannot select where my boundary condition should be applied to. 

[TheCADWhisperer · Accepted solution]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EdgxXZV-ZI

@3:25

or you could define the area in Simplify...

[Drewpan]

@TheCADWhisperer 

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Cheers

Andrew

[henderh]

Hi @sylvain_boyer6TGNB,

The Limit Target option can be used to restrict the load zone to a smaller circular area. However, the option is offered only for the Angle and Vector direction types.

If you require a non-circular area, or multiple locations of a limited target, splitting the face in Simplify is the way to go (as @TheCADWhisperer shows in the video).

Hope this helps,

[sylvain_boyer6TGNB]

At the end I made a slight 0.1mm extrusion in the simplify model the boundary where the constraint is applied, and let the meshing tool do its job ignoring small features. I find it odd we cannot create "profile" that does not need to be extruded.