Connector - Pin
A Pin 
connects a solid or a shell body to another solid or shell
body. The selection entities can be cylindrical faces or circular edges
of two bodies.
Type
Cylindrical Faces/Edges
of Component 1 
. Select a full cylindrical face (360°) or a number of
cylindrical faces of smaller angles. The selections must belong to the
same body and must be coaxial with the same radius. The selected edge
must belong to a predefined shell surface. For sheet metal parts, select
a solid cylindrical face, and the program transfers the pin connector
to the circular edge of the mid surface shell.
Cylindrical Faces/Edges
of Component 2 . Select a full cylindrical face (360°) or a number of
cylindrical faces of smaller angles. The selections must belong to a body
different than component 1 and must be coaxial with the same radius. The
selected edge must belong to a predefined shell surface. For sheet metal
parts, select a solid cylindrical face, and the program transfers the
pin connector to the circular edge of the mid surface shell.
Connection Type
Advanced Option
Units 
.
Axial Stiffness
. Stiffness in the axial direction. Unavailable if
No Translation is selected.
Rotational Stiffness
. Stiffness in the circumferential direction. Unavailable
if No Rotation is selected.
Include mass
. Includes the Mass
of the
pin in the analysis. The mass value is used in frequency, buckling analysis,
and in static and nonlinear analysis when gravity and centrifugal loads
are selected.
Material (appears when Strength Data
box is selected)
Simulation selects Alloy steel from the SolidWorks
Material library as the material by default.
Strength Data (available for static
and nonlinear studies)
Tensile
Stress Area. Set the known tensile
stress area for the pin. Select its unit in Unit.
Pin
Strength. Yield strength of the pin
material. Select its unit in Unit.
Safety
Factor. Set the safety factor for the
pass/no pass design check of the pin. The pin fails when its combined
load exceeds the ratio of 1/safety factor. Click here for the pass/no pass design check for connectors.
Symbol Settings
Edit
color. Select a color for the symbols.
Symbol Size 
. Set the size of the symbols.
Show preview. Toggles the display of the connector symbols
in the graphics area.
Notes
Available for static, nonlinear, buckling, and
frequency studies.
You need to select the Strength
Data box to perform a pass/no pass pin check.
Under loading, pin connectors behave as follows:
The pin remains straight (it does not bend)
Each face maintains its original shape but
can move as a rigid body
All faces defining the pin connector remain
coaxial