Command Element

Description

Modifies the FLEX_BODY modeling element.

Example

FLEX_BODY/30102, H3D_FILE=../../flex_h3d/Cadre.h3d

Format

FLEX_BODY/id, [ CRATIO={e, USER(r1[,…,r30]} ] [,LIST]

H3D_FILE=filename

Arguments

Name

Description

CRATIO

Redefines the damping ratio using an expression or the user defined subroutine DMPSUB.  The CRATIO must be either the last argument or followed by a backslash (\).

H3D_FILE

Name of the file containing the CMS results.

ID

Identifier of the flexible body element.

LIST

Lists the flexible body arguments.

Comments

The argument H3D_FILE is the only addition to the standard ADAMS arguments.  It is necessary to specify the CMS results file for MotionSolve.