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Using a Reference Plane

You can use a plane as a reference to apply restraints. You can prescribe the translations in directions 1 and 2 of the plane as well as in the direction normal to the plane. For shell meshes, you can prescribe rotations in reference to these directions.

The following table summarizes the attributes of this restraint type:

Attribute

Value

Possible DOFs for solids

3 translations

Possible DOFs for shells and beams

3 translations and 3 rotations

Possible DOFs for trusses

3 translations

 

3D symbol

translation

rotation

Selectable entities

Vertices, edges, faces and beam joints

Translations

Along plane direction 1

Along plane direction 2

Normal to plane

Rotations (for shells and beams only)

About plane direction 1

About plane direction 2

About normal to plane



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