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November 30, 2023 at 8:04 am
Mike Pettit
Ansys Employee

Hello,

You should be able to do this using Fixed Point Groups (available from Release 2022 R2). A Fixed Point Group allows you to create a circular pattern of fixed (anchor) points, at equally spaced angular intervals. You can then Duplicate the group, and apply an RZ rotation to the duplicates, to build up the anchor points for your mooring system. For example:

This was created using Fixed Point Groups without any need to manually calculate the anchor point positions.

Linear or rectangular patterns can also be generated, or you can import a CSV file of attachment point positions. Connection Point Groups offer the same functionality for Connection Points on the structure.

I hope this helps.

Mike