Spring Dampers Panel

The Spring Dampers panel allows you to create and edit spring damper force elements and their properties.

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Spring Dampers panel

A spring damper can be a coil spring damper or a torsion spring damper:

Coil Spring	Generates a translational line of action force between two points on two bodies that is a function of the distance and the relative velocity between the two points.
Torsion Spring	Produces a moment between two bodies that is a function of the relative angular displacement and the relative angular velocity between the two bodies.

The Spring Dampers panel contains the following tabs:

1.	From the Project Browser, select the system to which the Spring Damper is to be added.

2.	Right-click on the system and select Add > Force Entity > Spring Damper from the context menu.

-	Right-click on a spring damper folder in the Project Browser and select Add Spring Damper from the context menu.

-	Right-click the Spring Damper button on the Force toolbar.

The Add SpringDamper or SpringDamperPair dialog is displayed.

3.	Assign a label to the Spring Damper.

The point label can be changed at any time.

4.	Assign a variable name to the Spring Damper.

The variable name is required and cannot be changed after it is defined.

5.	Select a Type: activate the radio button for Single (to create an individual point) or Pair (to create a symmetric Spring Damper Pair).

6.	From the drop-down box, select either Coil Spring or Torsion Spring.

7.	Optional for Coil Springs: activate the Create explicit graphics check box to add explicit graphics to the Spring Damper (if needed).

8.	Add additional Spring Dampers or close the dialog:

-	Click Apply to add more Spring Dampers. The current Spring Damper definition would be added to the system and the dialog will repeat again to add another Spring Damper.

-	Click OK to add the current Spring Damper to the system and exit the dialog.

-	Click Cancel to cancel adding the current Spring Damper definition and exit the dialog.