pin joints

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

hi all,

i am solving a 1d problem in hypermesh optistruct for reaction and element forces  in which i want to create a pin joint in which rotation along x is allowed and all other dof are constrained..how i have to model it can any1 kindly help me on this??

thanks in advance

 

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  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited July 2016

    Hi,

    just remember that there's already a post about it.

    in panel 1D>bars, update parameter 'pin' at position you want to release dof, pin number is dof number you want to release

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited July 2016

    thank you very much tinh.. i got the solution