{"id":460576,"date":"2026-06-30T19:18:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-keep-a-fixed-support-and-load-when-changing-ply-angles-in-a-design-point\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T19:18:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:18:37","slug":"how-to-keep-a-fixed-support-and-load-when-changing-ply-angles-in-a-design-point","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-keep-a-fixed-support-and-load-when-changing-ply-angles-in-a-design-point\/","title":{"rendered":"How to keep a fixed Support and Load when changing ply angles in a Design Point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;I have a 4 layer sandwich composite, made of four 1in plys. I have each ply angle set to a parameter. I am currently trying to go through and change each angle in the Table of Deisgn to measure the deformation, however, when I hit &#8220;update all design points&#8221;, it gets rid of the fixed support and force i have applied in the setup step. How do I make it so that they automatically update and stay the same during each design point test? It works fine when I go in and reapply the geomtry one test at a time, but that only saves the output for that test. I havent scripted anything, I went in and added all of the angles manually to the design points table. How do I make it so that the geometry reapplies the load and support to the desired faces automatically during each deisgn point test?&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/30-06-2026-1782846763-mceclip0.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/30-06-2026-1782846985-mceclip1.png\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/30-06-2026-1782847004-mceclip2.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-460576","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-design-points","topic-tag-parameters","topic-tag-static-structural"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["460576"],"_bbp_subscription":["681874"],"_bbp_author_ip":["150.156.85.9"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["0"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["460576"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-06-30 19:18:37"],"_bbp_reply_count":["0"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["1"],"_bbp_engagement":["681874"],"_btv_view_count":["30"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"groatesunypoly-edu"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/460576","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\/460576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}