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: Right-click the Fixtures folder and select Fixed Geometry. In the PropertyManager, under Standard (Fixed Geometry): Select Use Reference Geometry . Select the six joints shown for Joints . Select Front from the flyout FeatureManager design tree for Face, Edge, Plane, Axis for Direction . Under Translations, click Normal to Plane and ensure the value is zero. Click . To make the support joints immovable, add an Immovable (No translation) restraint to the two joints shown. Parent topicStatic Analysis of a Truss Previous topic Adding a Force Next topic Meshing the Model and Running the Study