How Do I Apply Loads to a Portion of a Surface?
Question
How do I apply loads and supports to a portion of an existing surface?
Remedy
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Define a surface.
- In case of flat surfaces, use the sketch tools to create a subface where you want to apply the load or support.
- For curved surfaces, it is necessary to create a solid that intersects the surface to be partitioned.
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Then use the Boolean Intersect tool to partition
the solid, followed by the Boolean Combine tool
to recombine the original solid with the intersection.
You will get a solid with the same shape of the original part, but with a partitioned surface.