cable net link 180 with out of plane load

- June 4, 2018 at 12:42 pm
  
  julsmo
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  Hi all,
  
  I am trying to model a cable net ideally with link elements connected with rotational springs. first i tried it with the original geometrie wich are s-shaped elements, but that probably doesn't work with link?
  
  when I tried it with straight lines and a out ouf plane force at nodes, it can calculate, but it doesnt show deflections, as seen in the pictures. I just fix corner nodes and it does how deflections for an in plane load.
  
  Any ideas whs that is and what is wrong with my model?
  
  Thanks!
- June 4, 2018 at 3:53 pm
  
  peteroznewman
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  Did you turn NLGEOM ON?
- June 5, 2018 at 7:51 am
  
  julsmo
  Subscriber
  
  yes i did... and also pstres
- June 15, 2018 at 9:14 am
  
  julsmo
  Subscriber
  
  Didn't get it to work with link180. the old version (link8) works though. strange but true