{"id":45962,"date":"2020-07-09T19:29:19","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T19:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/attaching-a-spring-mass-system-to-a-beam\/"},"modified":"2020-07-09T19:29:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T19:29:19","slug":"attaching-a-spring-mass-system-to-a-beam","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/attaching-a-spring-mass-system-to-a-beam\/","title":{"rendered":"Attaching a spring-mass system to a beam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&nbsp;would like to model a simply-supported beam with a cantilever extension, to which it is attached a spring-mass system, just like the figure below:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/38bf6381-1230-440b-90f1-abd701351da3\/b4d24054-4034-47b6-9764-abf3013c7722_model.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Modelling the beam was quite easy. However, so far I could not properly model the spring-mass system, and the reason for it is that&nbsp;the&nbsp;point set up for the point mass, in SpaceClaim, will simply not appear in Workbench. Theoretically, my structure should contain the following points:<\/p>\n<p>P1 &#8211;&gt; 0, 0, 0;<br \/>P2 &#8211;&gt; 750 mm, 0, 0;<br \/>P3 &#8211;&gt; 800 mm, 0, 0;<br \/>P4 &#8211;&gt; 1000 mm, 0, 0;<br \/>P5 &#8211;&gt; 750 mm, -1 mm, 0;<\/p>\n<p>and the spring should be defined between points&nbsp;4 and 5 (that is, the attachment point and the point mass). I have tried connecting points 4 and 5 with a line in SpaceClaim, but it has not worked either. Of course,&nbsp;defining a&nbsp;truss between these points would solve my problem, but I prefer defining a spring element between such points.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Does someone know how could I do that? In case it helps, the WBPZ file of my model is attached.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-45962","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["18144"],"_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":["1"],"_btv_view_count":["1231"],"_bbp_subscription":["252568"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["45962"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_engagement":["200","178439"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["120916"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["120916"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2020-07-10 09:33:35"]},"test":"asceduardo"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/45962","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\/45962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}