1. Click the Chain_Coupler icon of the Engine group in the Engine tab.
2. Select the connecting bodies with a chain coupler. (To select the body in the inner subsystem, click the desired body with pressing the shift key.) For more information, refer to Assembly method of chain coupler.
3. Click the right mouse button and choose Finish Operation.
4. The user can see the following dialog box. If the user clicks Connection in Figure 1, the Screw Coupler Property Sheet dialog box appears. In this dialog box, the user can confirm and define the force parameter. For more information, refer to Characteristic Page in Contact of General Entities.
Figure 1 Chain Coupler Property Sheet dialog box
•Normal Direction: Select the normal direction of chain coupler.
•Preload: Define the pretension.