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Re: Displacements at a given point

by Dave Lindeman :: Rate this Message:

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You could define a reference point at the location you are interested
in, then associate a dummy mass element with this point.  Tie the point
to the rest of the model using a constraint equation, and request
history output at this point.

Regards,

Dave

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dm.mulvihill wrote:

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> Hi Everyone,
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> I would like to output the displacement history for a particular point
> which is at a given distance from a surface.
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> I know that I can request history output for a nearby node. But how can
> I get history output for the point at its exact position?
>
> Thanks
> Daniel
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