Figure 1 Guide Linear property page [Linear Guide page]
•Mother Body: Defines the name of the guide body including the guide.
•Reference Position: Defines the position of reference marker of the extruded line geometry.
•Longitudinal Direction: Defines the x-axis of reference marker of the extruded line geometry.
•Extruded Direction: Defines the z-axis of reference marker of the extruded line geometry.
•Length: Defines the length of the extruded line geometry.
•Depth: Defines the depth of the extruded line geometry.
•Contact Direction: Shows the direction of the contact with the sheet on the guide.
•Contact Parameter: Modifies the contact parameter between the guide and the sheet.
•Check Vertex: When the size of a guide is smaller than that of a contacted shell element, the contact will not be worked. In this case, if this option is on, the four vertexes of the guide are checked in the sheet-to-guide contact.
•Contact Parameter: Allows the user to modify contact parameters by clicking To Sheet. In this dialog box, the user can modify the contact parameters of contact forces applied between the sheet and the guide. Refer to the Contact Formulus for MTT3D.
Figure 2 Contact Parameter dialog box
•No. of Max Contact Points: Defines the number of max contact point for output. User can define this value from 1 to 5000. This value only affects Force Display and RPLT data about the contact points. The default value is 10.
•Force Display: Graphically displays the all contact force vectors (the sum of the normal and tangential contact force) at each contact point up to the “No. of Max Contact Point”.