Editing springs and dashpots connecting two points

You can edit springs and dashpots that connect two points to add more point pairs, delete point pairs, or edit a point of an existing point pair.

Related Topics
Controlling the display of attributes
Symbols used to represent special engineering features

  1. From the main menu bar in the Property module or the Interaction module, select SpecialSprings/DashpotsEditname to display the Edit Springs/Dashpots dialog box.

    The symbols representing springs/dashpots are highlighted in the viewport.

  2. From the Spring/Dashpot Point Pairs table, you can do the following:

    • To define additional springs/dashpots with the same behavior, click and repeat the point selection procedures described in the previous steps to define the first and second points of each spring/dashpot.

    • To edit a point in the table, select the point in the table, double-click on it or click , and reselect a point. The selection highlighting in the viewport is updated to show the newly edited point.

    • To identify a specific spring/dashpot in the viewport, select the desired row number. The highlighted dashed line connecting the selected point pairs appears bolder in the viewport.

    • To remove springs/dashpots from the table, select the desired row numbers (ShiftClick to select multiple rows) and click . CtrlClick a row number to unselect it.

    • To remove all springs/dashpots from the table, click .

  3. Finish editing the springs/dashpots definition as desired, and click OK.

    The symbols representing springs/dashpots in the viewport appear on the newly edited points.