Unnecessary Component

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

I am working on some assembly model. There are some components where there is no separate motion it is connected to some parts which is in motion. But I cannot use fix joint to fix that component because it restrict motion. So what is possible solution.

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2017

    Hello,

    You can merge the bodies attached together.

    When a component is in motion and other components are attached with this component and have similar motion and there is no joint you can use merge option

    Using a Fix Joint at that location will Lock your motion

    Go to Project Browser and Select all bodies which you wanted to merge and Right Click and Click on Merge Bodies option and rename it and your body will merge.

    And your selected body will work as single body

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited March 2017

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>Body Merge.jpg

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