Quick question: how to account for self-weight when using rigid bodies?

Question

The question does indeed come in the title: can we account for self-weight when using a rigid body even if we deactivate the soil cluster in the 'Staged Construction' ? Best regards, 
 Afonso

Vasileios Basas · Answer

Hi Alfonso, 
 Which self-weight are you referring to here? Is it the one from the soil cluster you deactivate or the one from the structure simulated by the rigid body? In any case, you can add a vertical force (Fz) to the rigid body to compensate for any missing self-weights.