{"id":349866,"date":"2024-02-08T11:09:40","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T11:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/connecting-point-mass-to-solids-with-beam-and-spring-elements-in-workbench\/"},"modified":"2024-02-08T11:12:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T11:12:02","slug":"connecting-point-mass-to-solids-with-beam-and-spring-elements-in-workbench","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/connecting-point-mass-to-solids-with-beam-and-spring-elements-in-workbench\/","title":{"rendered":"Workbench: Connecting point mass to solids by means of beam and spring elements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know I can connect a point mass to a surface by means of flexible or rigid elements, but I don&#8217;t know how to customize this.<\/p>\n<p>In APDL I can create a keypoint, stick a point mass element to it, and then connect it manually to beam and spring elements. In Workbench I developed a workaorund where I need to create a dummy solid part, connect the point mass to it, and then connect the beam\/spring elements to the solid.<\/p>\n<p>Is there a way to avoid the dummy solid? I&#8217;d like to create a floating, &#8220;clickable&#8221; point mass element , and then connect beams and springs to it as if it was a remote point.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-349866","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-1d-beam","topic-tag-keypoints-1","topic-tag-mass","topic-tag-spring","topic-tag-workbench"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["43589","58821"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.206.193.59"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1174"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_edit_lock":["1707390635:222554"],"_bbp_topic_id":["349866"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["43589","58821"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["349889"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["349889"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-02-08 13:07:41"]},"test":"domenechcdei-upc-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/349866","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":1,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/349866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":349867,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/349866\/revisions\/349867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}