Authorized Supports

Analysis specifications (load, restraints, masses and virtual parts) can be applied to different types of supports (or features):

Mechanical Feature (Pad, Fill, ...)
Geometrical Feature (Vertex, Face, ...)
Analysis Feature (Virtual Part, Mesh Part, Geometrical Groups, Spatial Groups, Groups by Neighborhood, Groups by Boundary, Groups under a mesh part ...).

You will see in this section on which support analysis specifications can be applied.

In the following tables, the symbol indicates that the feature is authorized.

If the only authorized Geometrical Feature is Face, the following supports are available (if they are authorized):

all the faces of pad, or all the faces of a hole, ... as Mechanical Feature
Surface Group as Geometrical Groups
Surface Group by Neighborhood as Proximity Groups
Surface Group by Boundary as Boundary Groups.

For example: pressure is applied on pad means that pressure is applied to faces of pad.

On which supports can loads be applied?
On which supports can restraints be applied?
On which supports can masses be applied?
On which supports can properties be applied?
On which supports can virtual parts be applied?
Preprocessing Specifications and Deactivated Mesh Parts

On which supports can loads be applied?

Load specifications can be applied to different types of supports (or features):

	Supports
	`Geometrical Feature`	`Mechanical Feature`	`Analysis Feature`
	`Geometrical Feature`	`Mechanical Feature`	`Spatial Groups`	`Geometrical Groups`	`Groups by Neighborhood`	`Groups by Boundary`	`Others`
Pressure	Face
Distributed Force	Point/Vertex Edge Face (homogeneous selection)						Virtual Part
Moment	Point/Vertex Edge Face (homogeneous selection)						Virtual Part
Bearing Load	Cylindrical surface Cone Revolution surface
Imported Force	Point/Vertex Face
Imported Moment	Point/Vertex Face
Acceleration	Body 1D Body 2D Body 3D						Mesh Part Virtual Part
Rotation Force	Body 1D Body 2D Body 3D						Mesh Part Virtual Part
Line Force Density	Edge
Surface Force Density	Face
Volume Force Density	Body 3D						Mesh Part
Force Density	Edge Face Body (homogeneous selection)
Enforced Displacement							Restraint
Creating Temperature Field	Body						Mesh Part

On which supports can restraints be applied?

Restraint specifications can be applied to different types of supports (or features):

	Supports
	`Geometrical Feature`	`Mechanical Feature`	`Analysis Feature`
	`Geometrical Feature`	`Mechanical Feature`	`Spatial Groups`	`Geometrical Groups`	`Groups by Neighborhood`	`Groups by Boundary`	`Others`
Clamps	Point/Vertex Edge Face						Virtual Part
Surface Sliders	Face
Sliders							Virtual Part
Sliding Pivots							Virtual Part
Ball Joins	Point/Vertex						Virtual Part
Pivots							Virtual Part
Advanced Restraints	Point/Vertex Edge Face						Virtual Part

On which supports can masses be applied?

Mass specifications can be applied to different types of supports (or features):

	Supports
	`Geometrical Feature`	`Mechanical Feature`	`Analysis Feature`
	`Geometrical Feature`	`Mechanical Feature`	`Spatial Groups`	`Geometrical Groups`	`Groups by Neighborhood`	`Groups by Boundary`	`Others`
Distributed Mass	Point/Vertex Edge Face (homogeneous selection)						Virtual Part
Line Mass Densities	Edge
Surface Mass Densities	Face
Distributed Mass and Inertia	Point/Vertex Edge Face Body						Virtual Part

On which supports can properties be applied?

Properties specifications can be applied to different types of supports (or features):

	Supports
	`Geometrical Feature`	`Mechanical Feature`	`Analysis Feature`
	`Geometrical Feature`	`Mechanical Feature`	`Spatial Groups`	`Geometrical Groups`	`Groups by Neighborhood`	`Groups by Boundary`	`Others`
1D Property	Body 1D						Mesh Part
Local 1D Property	Edge
Imported Beam Property	Body 3D
2D Property	Body 2D						Mesh Part
Local 2D Property	Face
Composite Property	Body 2D						Mesh Part
3D Property	Body 3D						Mesh Part

On which supports can virtual parts be applied?

Virtual part specifications can be applied to different types of supports (or features):

	Supports
	`Geometrical Feature`	`Mechanical Feature`	`Analysis Feature`
	`Geometrical Feature`	`Mechanical Feature`	`Spatial Groups`	`Geometrical Groups`	`Groups by Neighborhood`	`Groups by Boundary`	`Others`
All Virtual Parts	Edge Face

Pre-processing Specifications and Deactivated Mesh Parts

To apply pre-processing specifications on a geometrical support, this geometry must be meshed. If one of the associated mesh parts is deactivated, the pre-processing specifications may be ignored by the ELFINI solver when you launch a computation depending on whether the pre-processing specifications are applied to the elements or to the nodes of element.

To know more, refer to Selecting Mesh Parts.