{"id":30124,"date":"2018-08-21T18:08:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T18:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ansys-19-1-timber-frame-shear-wall-using-spring-connections\/"},"modified":"2018-08-21T18:08:24","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T18:08:24","slug":"ansys-19-1-timber-frame-shear-wall-using-spring-connections","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ansys-19-1-timber-frame-shear-wall-using-spring-connections\/","title":{"rendered":"Ansys 19.1 &#8211; Timber frame shear wall using spring connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I am trying to model a timber frame shear wall panel. I get a few warnings and an error shown below:&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/4cb70f7f-14bd-4477-9917-a94301188a99\/39fb5b57-a0a6-41cf-a22f-a9430119ac4f_ansys-help.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I am using springs to simulate the members and sheathing being connected together. I have a feeling my issue is to do with the constraint set up. I want the bottom framing member to be fixed to the &#8216;floor&#8217; and the rest of the members&nbsp;to simulate&nbsp;being connected together&nbsp;by nails. I don&#8217;t want the panel to move out of plane. I do want the &#8216;nailed&#8217; connections to have some degree of movement as it would in real life hence why I have used spring contacts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Can anyone help me understand&nbsp;why the model will not solve?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-30124","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["2293"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0","0","0","0","0"],"_btv_view_count":["1185"],"_bbp_subscription":["236910"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["30124"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","155019","158438","187036"],"_bbp_voice_count":["4"],"_bbp_reply_count":["38"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["145592"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["145592"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2021-03-09 14:33:35"]},"test":"connormcglade"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/30124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/30124\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}