Insert an implant from SolidWorks into the HumanModel

Hello,
I’m currently trying to insert a femoral and a tibial component into the standing human model.

I first tried to insert the Implants by stl-files, like it was done in the THA- and TKA-Model, direktly into the KneeJointAnatomicalFrame. The insertion worked, but since it is a coupled Knee Joint, I needed to join the components with a spherical Joint. But it’s not possible to include nodes or something to create a connection.

That’s why I decided to do it with SolidWorks. Both components aren’t overconstrained. I inserted them into the StandingHumanModel, but they are stitched to the GlobalRefFrame, even when I insert them directly into the Implant-Node in the KneeJointAnatomicalFrame. I tried to comment out the GlobalRefFrame in the AnyScript-file of the component and attached the Origin_Ref of the implant to the ImplantNode.

I tried a lot, but the component is still attached to the origin of the GlobalRefFrame. I also loosened the fixation of the component to the Origin in SolidWorks, but when I include the file, the component is in the same position relativ to the origin as it was in the SolidWorks-file.

Is there something I’ve overlooked? I hope my problem is clear.

Thanks a lot for the help and best regards,
Kathrin

"But it’s not possible to include nodes or something to create a connection. "

Why? I don’t see why it should not be possible.

Kind regards,
Pavel

I added the Node into the AnySurfSTL-class and I got this error:

ERROR(SCR.EXP0) : C:/U…s/k…k/D…s/A…x/A…t/F…l/M…l/implants.any(16) : ‘SphericalJointNode’ : Error in expression. Please refer to the following error messages for details …
ERROR(OBJ4) : C:/U…s/k…k/D…s/A…x/A…t/F…l/M…l/implants.any(16) : SphericalJointNode : Wrong owner class for AnyRefNode. Accepted owner: AnyRefFrame or derived
Model loading skipped

So it’s not possible to insert a node into the stl-object, is it?

Hi Kathrin,

Yes, please make a segment that corresponds to this STL and add the STL object and nodes to this segment.

Kind regards,
Pavel