{"id":4,"date":"2013-07-02T09:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/example.org\/solidworks-tech-tip-symmetry-fixtures-on-shell-elements"},"modified":"2013-07-22T16:08:56","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T16:08:56","slug":"solidworks-tech-tip-symmetry-fixtures-on-shell-elements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2013\/07\/solidworks-tech-tip-symmetry-fixtures-on-shell-elements.html","title":{"rendered":"SolidWorks Tech Tip: Symmetry Fixtures on Shell Elements"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you have ever used symmetry on a surface body or solid body on which shell elements are defined, you would have had to use a special technique using an advanced fixture. The Symmetry Fixture<\/strong> would not work, as it required you to select a face for the symmetry definition. If you had tried to apply a Symmetry restraint on the cut face of a component defined with shells, you would have received the following warning message.<\/p>\n
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Therefore, in order to apply symmetry to components defined with Shell elements, you would have needed to use the Use Reference Geometry<\/strong> fixture as seen below. And depending on your reference<\/em>, you would have to be very careful with which buttons you selected for Translation and Rotation.<\/p>\n

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Well, today I’m here to tell you that this limitation of the Symmetry Fixture no longer exists<\/strong>. We no longer need to select a cut face for defining symmetry. We can NOW select a symmetry ‘edge<\/em>,’ so anything defined with shells can now use the Symmetry<\/strong> fixture.<\/p>\n

Below, you will see a thin plate defined with Shell elements. And as you can see, I’m using the Symmetry<\/strong> fixture, choosing the ‘edge’ of the plate. Hitting the green check mark, the symmetry fixture is defined. So now, we have a faster and easier way to apply symmetry on components defined with shells.<\/p>\n

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