amsupports

AdditiveManufacturing.amsupports(nsupports='', compname='', sectarray='', **kwargs)

Specifies information about the supports in an additive manufacturing analysis.

Mechanical APDL Command: AMSUPPORTS

Parameters:

nsupportsstr

Number of supports.

compnamestr

Root name of the components containing the elements comprising each support. (For example, if CompName = “MySupport,” MySupport1 represents support 1, MySupport2 represents support 2, etc.)

sectarraystr

Name of the array ( dim ) containing the section-reference ID for each support.

Notes

The section-reference ID array ( SectArray ) is NSUPPORTS long, with each array member representing a section-reference ID of a corresponding support.

sectype specifies the type of support, and secdata specifies the geometry of the support.

Example: Specifying Support Information in an Additive Manufacturing Analysis

! specify supports
*dim,suppsect,,2               ! two supports
suppsect(1)=101                ! support 1 sectID=101
suppsect(2)=101                ! support 2 sectID=101
!
sectype,101,support,block      ! sectype is a block support
secdata,.07,1                  ! wall thickness and spacing
amsupport,2,support,suppsect   ! root name is "support" and suppsect is the
                               !   array name containing the section IDs

This command is also valid in PREP7.

For more information, including a list of the elements and commands used in an additive manufacturing analysis, see AM Process Simulation in Workbench Additive