Visualizing Connections between Body and Remote force/point

- April 23, 2020 at 12:45 am
  
  RDurocher
  Subscriber
  
  I was wondering if it was possible to have a visualization (such as lines) between a remote force/point and geometry it is defined by.
- April 23, 2020 at 3:06 am
  
  Keyur Kanade
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  Please describe question. Which application you are using?
  
  please insert some images/sketch and describe question with arrows.
  
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- April 23, 2020 at 3:50 am
  
  RDurocher
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  I'm currently using Mechanical as the application in a Static Study.
  
  I did a rough drawing of what I'm trying to achieve. My remote force is based on the five geometries (red dots) and what I was hoping to do was have lines (yellow lines) connecting the geometries to the remote force to show what it was based on.
- April 23, 2020 at 3:52 am
  
  peteroznewman
  Subscriber
  
  You can visualize the lines connecting the nodes to a remote point after the solution by clicking the Solution Information folder and then clicking on the Graphics Tab to switch it from the Worksheet tab, then you will see red lines that represent the Constraint Equations or CE elements. That is the same display you will see for Bonded Contact that is set to the formulation of MPC. See this discussion.
- April 23, 2020 at 4:41 am
  
  RDurocher
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  Thanks for the solution Peter! Its exactly what I was looking for.