You can specify locking criteria for any component of relative motion. The locking criteria may depend on the motions of the available components of relative motion and on the forces/moments in both available and constrained components of relative motion. The locking occurs when any one of the criteria are met, as opposed to when all of the criteria are met. For more information, see “Connector stops and locks,” Section 17.2.8 of the ABAQUS Analysis User's Manual.
To create or edit a lock:
Display the connector property editor using one of the following methods:
To create a new connector property, follow the procedure outlined in “Creating connector properties,” Section 15.11.7.
To edit an existing connector property, select Connector
PropertyManager from the main menu bar, select the connector property from the list that appears, and click Edit.
In the Edit Connector Property dialog box, do one of the following:
To define a new lock option, click Add and select Lock from the option menu that appears.
To edit an existing lock option, select the option from the Behavior Options list to display the associated data fields for that option.
In the Components field, toggle on the components of relative motion to be used to define locking criteria. If you want to specify different limits for different components, you must define multiple lock options.
Click the arrow to the right of the Lock field, and select an option from the list that appears:
Select All to lock all components of relative motion when any of the locking criteria are satisfied.
Select Specify to choose the available component of relative motion to lock when any of the locking criteria are satisfied.
To define locking criteria based on motion, in the Position Locking Criteria portion of the editor, enter the limits for the relative positions of the available components of relative motion that will trigger the lock.
To define locking criteria based on forces/moments, in the Force/Moment Locking Criteria portion of the editor, enter the limits for the forces/moments of the available or constrained components of relative motion that will trigger the lock.
Select one of the following:
If you want to continue defining behavior options, click Add, select the desired behavior option, and continue the connector property definition. For instructions on defining other behavior options, see “Using the connector property editors,” Section 15.14.
If you want to view or edit an existing behavior option, select the option from the Behavior Options list. For instructions on editing behavior options, see “Using the connector property editors,” Section 15.14.
If you want to save your connector property definition and exit the editor, click OK.
