Release Degrees of Freedom

Edit and release degrees of freedom.

You can select a single element at a time and review or edit the released degrees of freedom at node A and node B using the Pins tool.


Figure 1.
Access the Pins tool from the Mesh ribbon by clicking 1D Mesh > Pins.


Figure 2.

Pins Tool

Use the Pins tool to edit node A and node B.

  1. Select the appropriate element(s) in the model.
  2. Click the Pins tool.
  3. Move the node A and node B microdialogs so that they are both visible. The node A microdialog initially covers the node B microdialog.
  4. On the node A microdialog, decide whether you want to translate or rotate the selected element(s).
  5. Click the appropriate translate or rotate button depending on which axis you would like to affect.