I have a mechanism with many connections.
In Mechanica motion I would run a static analysis using dampers all over the place to get the thing to settle down.
I would then switch off unwanted dampers and use the final arrangement of the static study as the initial state of my dynamic study.
A simple example would be where one component rests upon another with self weight (gravity)
At time zero for a dynamic study, the force between components is zero. This is incorrect, it should be self weight.
I have obviously missed the trick?
Thanks
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