To change surface edge or corner restraints
To release analytical degrees of freedom along surface boundaries or corner nodes, use the following procedure.
- Select the surface objects to be modified.
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On the Spreadsheet ribbon tab, in the
Surfaces group:
To modify… Select… boundary nodes the Edge restraints tool corner nodes the Corner restraints tool -
For each of the selected surfaces, select the appropriate restraint condition
for each corner or edge from the drop-down list in the cell.
- Free - all degrees of freedom are free to move or rotate
- Pinned - free to rotate but restrained against translation
- Fixed (default for edges) - all degrees of freedom restrained
- None (corner only; default) - releases are determined by the boundaries