What are 'force vectors"?

[Henk Boonsma]

Some CAE packages have 'force vectors' in them to aid one in the placement
of components. How does this work?

TIA

 

[Leon Heller]

From the Pulsonix (http://www.pulsonix.com) on-line help (it explains the
concept much better than I can):

"Force Vector
The force vector is an visible indicator that shows you how far, and in
which direction, to move the dynamic items to their 'optimal' position.

This position is where the nets attached to the moving items would be
balanced to reduce overall connection length and avoid very long and very
short connections. In other words to place the items where they are not too
close nor too far from other stationary items on the same nets. If you
consider the connections from the moving items to the stationary ones as
springs, the optimal position is where the moving items would come to rest
if you 'let go'."

Leon
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"Henk Boonsma" <hboonsma@teranet.news> wrote in message
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Some CAE packages have 'force vectors' in them to aid one in the placement
of components. How does this work?

TIA