Rigid Connections

ParabolicTet · May 8, 2004

I am using beams with 1000X greater stiffness than my standard beams to model rigid connections. I have not had much success using the "rigid connections" feature in Pro/Mechanica. It won't let me make a rigid connection between a point in space and a surface. It says, "model not restrained properly". So I spider three of my extra-rigid beam elements from my point to three points on the surface. This seems to work fine, but any idea why the rigid conection feature is not working for me?

Thanks!

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mloew · Jul 20, 2005

ParabolicTet,

Did you ever resolve this problem?

Best regards,

Matthew Ian Loew

Please see FAQ731-376 for tips on how to make the best use of Eng-Tips Fora.

KooKoo · Aug 4, 2005

From what I've read on the PTC KBase (Suggested Technique for Modeling Rigid Connections) Pro/MECHANICA supports Rigid Connections for 3D models only. This indicates to me that Rigid Connections cannot restraint the rotational DOF of the surface.

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