How to place bearings on sloped cap of functional component pier?

RE: How to place bearings on sloped cap of functional component pier?

Steven Tissier — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 19:55:55 GMT

I reported this a few days ago and was told it is a known issue. Definitely one that will be nice when fixed as we use parametric cells for everything. Just have to incorporate the beam seats into the parametric cell for now.

RE: How to place bearings on sloped cap of functional component pier?

Colby Gallagher — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 22:31:36 GMT

Thanks Steven, this might be the way to go at the moment. I'll give it a go. Hopefully it gets fixed in the future.

RE: How to place bearings on sloped cap of functional component pier?

Colby Gallagher — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 22:30:44 GMT

Thanks Sri. Yes, Steven is right. I think I'll still have this issue in the new release as my issue is related to a parametric cell. I don't think there will be enough flexibility in the Pier tool to create the piers we need all the time. I'll submit a ticket with the files now.

RE: How to place bearings on sloped cap of functional component pier?

Steven Tissier — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 02:16:19 GMT

I think his issue was that he was using a parametric cell and the pedestals were not finding the top of his parametric cell cap properly. I have seen the same thing in the past. Colby, make sure you submit a ticket and send them your files so they can take a look.

RE: How to place bearings on sloped cap of functional component pier?

Sri — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 22:24:48 GMT

Colby, In the upcoming release of OBM, we have an option for crowned caps, hopefully situations you mentioned above would be taken care of automatically.

RE: How to place bearings on sloped cap of functional component pier?

Steven Tissier — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 17:19:27 GMT

I have had mixed results with getting the bearing tool to place the beam seats so they conform with the top of my cap. One solution you can implement is to only use the bearing tool to place the bearings (elastomeric pad most of the time) and build the beam seats into your parametric cell.