To Create a Bushing Load
Follow these steps to create a bushing load feature:
1. With a mechanism assembly open, click
![](../../../simulate/mech_des/images/feat_bushing_ld16x16.png)
.
2. Select a weld or a 6DOF connection.
3. Click the Coefficients tab and enter values for spring stiffness and the damping coefficient.
4. The value of any unstretched bushing spring is zero; whenever the coordinate systems of the weld connection are coincident, the spring force is also zero.
5. If you are using a weld connection, you can lock an axis, in which case the assembly loses its last degree of freedom.
6. Click the
Properties tab and type a new name for the bushing load, or click
![](../../../simulate/mech_des/images/dash_info.png)
7. Click
![](../../../simulate/mech_des/images/dash_fp_a.png)
to preview the bushing load.
8. Click
![](../../../simulate/mech_des/images/dash_done.png)
to accept the bushing load definition.