Hi All,
OK, here's the senario. i have a door hanging by one hinge, the top hinge. Obviously gravity will act on teh door, and pull the door downwards & inward (so that the door's CoG falls under the load point (or close to it)). I'd like to see how the door hangs, and more importantly, how the hinge deforms, what the stresses are on the hinge. I'll assume I will get major deformations & stress at this constrained point!
I've modeled the hinge as a single block with a hole (the hinge rotational hole, the 'pin'). The door is a seperate peice, constrained to it. I've added a 'pin' displacement contraint the pin hole, and I've added a 'gravity' load.
I fee there should be a way to tell Creo not to include the door in the meshing routine, but use its CoG & Material as the load (under gravity).. And I shdou get a returned displacement plot of the hinge all deformed & stressed, not how much the bottom of the door has swung under teh hinge.. (I can't seem to find this lesson!)
thanks!