Having trouble with defining DOF constraints

- October 7, 2018 at 3:20 am
  
  jmillie
  Subscriber
  
  Hey, I just started using ANSYS Mechanical for a class.
  
  We are creating a Truss using only LINK180 elements. I need to constrain one of the nodes in the UX,UY,UZ,ROTX,ROTY,& ROTZ directions. However, when I apply the displacement constraints on the node, I only have the option to contrain the UX,UY,UZ, VELX,VELY,VELZ directions. ANyon know what setting I need to change so that I can constrain in the ROT directions?? thanks
- October 7, 2018 at 5:59 am
  
  peteroznewman
  Subscriber
  
  Hey,
  
  A LINK180 element only has UX, UY, UZ degrees of freedom at each node. No rotation is computed by the element.

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