Members

When the Members tab is selected, the New Release Definition dialog is displayed.

To define a new release, assign a label, and select the released degrees of freedom at the beginning and the end of the member element:

 

Beginning

End

UX

When this option is selected, the displacement along the X axis in the beginning node of the member element is released.

When this option is selected, the displacement along the X axis in the end node of the member element is released.

UY

When this option is selected, the displacement along the Y axis in the beginning node of the member element is released.

When this option is selected, the displacement along the Y axis in the end node of the member element is released.

UZ

When this option is selected, the displacement along the Z axis in the beginning node of the member element is released.

When this option is selected, the displacement along the Z axis in the end node of the member element is released.

RX

When this option is selected, the rotation about the X axis in the beginning node of the member element is released.

When this option is selected, the rotation about the X axis in the end node of the member element is released.

RY

When this option is selected, the rotation about the Y axis in the beginning node of the member element is released.

When this option is selected, the rotation about the Y axis in the end node of the member element is released.

RZ

When this option is selected, the rotation about the Z axis in the beginning node of the member element is released.

When this option is selected, the rotation about the Z axis in the end node of the member element is released.

Clicking Add, adds the new release to the list of active releases.