Applying Forces

From the Scenarios section of the action bar, click Force

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Select the geometry supports in the model. You can apply a force to one or more faces.

Tip: Change the Selection method to select publications, connections, or FEM features, including virtual contact interactions.

Optional: Enter a descriptive Name.

Enter the magnitude component for each direction of the local feature triad (Force X, Force Y, and Force Z).

For a cylindrical local axis system, the X-, Y- and Z-components are the R-, $θ$ -, and Z-coordinates, respectively.

To change the direction of the force, right-click its glyph and select one of the positioning tools.

Select an axis system and an axis.

Option	Description
Global	Aligns the local feature triad with the global coordinate system.
Local	Aligns the local feature triad with a selected axis system in the model. If you select this axis system, you must also specify whether the axis system is Cartesian or Cylindrical.
Specify	Allows you to orient the local feature triad directly. Right-click the feature triad glyph on the model to orient the local feature triad.
Implicit	Aligns the axis system to the transformed axis system applied on the support.

Optional: Enter a Scale factor.

A scale factor is a multiplier used to scale the magnitude values.