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Paul directs Maplesoft's Applications Group that supports Maplesoft’s new line of engineering modeling products. A mechanical engineer by background, Paul has over 20 years of experience in both engineering and software business management. Past positions included senior management positions for companies in engineering modeling solutions and high-performance real-time simulations. During the off-hours, Paul is reputed to be an exceptional blues drummer.

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It's on our "to do" list...

PaulG 45
October 29 2012
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An option to display the force components instead of the vector resultant in the ForceArrow block is on our "to do" list. Not sure when it will appear.

 

 

Force probe...

PaulG 45
October 29 2012
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Tension (or compression) is essentially the force between the mass and the rope, keeping them attached, so you can insert a Force probe from the 1D Translational components, or the multi-body components if you need to study a system that is 2 or 3D.

 

There is a 1D example in the Application Center: http://www.maplesoft.com/applications/view.aspx?SID=7007

 

Contact model...

PaulG 45
October 29 2012
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You'll need to incorporate a contact and friction model to do this. There are no contact models built-in but there are several contact models as custom components in the examples in the Model Gallery that you can use as a starting point for developing your own. For example...

 

http://www.maplesoft.com/products/maplesim/ModelGallery/detail.aspx?id=99 

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