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Constrain certain degrees-of-freedom of Slave Nodes to a Master Node. If a degree-of-freedom of a particular slave node is constrained to a master node by this command, "Rigid Link" relationship is established for the relevant degree-of-freedom. All the attributes (nodal load or nodal mass) including the stiffness component of the slave node are converted into an equivalent component of the master node. |
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From the Main Menu select Boundary > Link > Rigid Link. Select Geometry > Boundaries > Rigid Link in the Menu tab of the Tree Menu. |
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The following buttons simplify the individual data entries described above.
: Rigid Body Connection
: Rigid Plane Connection in GCS X-Y plane
: Rigid Plane Connection in GCS Y-Z plane
: Rigid Plane Connection in GCS X-Z plane
Copy the rigid link conditions defined in DOF of the Rigid Link and simultaneously assign the identical conditions to selected nodes.
Axis: Assign the axis direction to be copied
Distances: Assign the copy distances
Note
Nodes must exist at the location to which the Rigid Link will be copied for master and slave nodes.
Revision of Civil 2015 (v1.1)