Prescribed node displacement data

 

Prescribed node displacements allow you to specify known displacements and/or rotations to nodes. They can be very useful for situations where a frame deflects by a fixed and known amount such as settlement of a support for example.

 

 Prescribed displacements may only be applied to fixed degrees of freedom, otherwise they are ignored.

 

Prescribed node displacements may be applied in any number of load cases and may be combined with other load types within the same load case. It is important to note that like all other load types, prescribed node displacements do not have any effect on load cases other than the ones in which they are input.

 

Case

Load case to contain prescribed displacements.

 

Node

Node to be displaced.

 

X, Y and Z translations

Node translations (global axes).

 

X, Y and Z rotations

Node rotations (global axes).

 

Load category

The load category column lets you specify which load categories the loads will go into. For more information refer to "Load categories".

 

See also Prescribed node displacements text.

See also Datasheet Input.

See also Prescribed node displacements.

See also View diagrams.