Adding Fixtures to Act as Restraints

Add fixtures to prevent out-of-plane motion and to fix the bottom corners of the truss system.

To prevent out-of-plane motion:

  1. Right-click the Fixtures folder and select Fixed Geometry.
  2. In the PropertyManager, under Standard (Fixed Geometry):
    1. Select Use Reference Geometry .
    2. Select the six joints shown for Joints .
    3. Select Front from the flyout FeatureManager design tree for Face, Edge, Plane, Axis for Direction .
  3. Under Translations, click Normal to Plane and ensure the value is zero.
  4. Click PM_OK.gif.
  5. To make the support joints immovable, add an Immovable (No translation) restraint to the two joints shown.