Restraining the Model

You define enough restraints to prevent the model from moving as a rigid body.

Apply a Fixed Geometry restraint to the back face of the holder.

To restrain the pipe:

  1. In the SOLIDWORKS Simulation study tree, right-click the Fixtures icon and select Advanced Fixtures.
  2. In the PropertyManager:
    1. Under Advanced (Use Reference Geometry), make sure Use Reference Geometry is selected, click the two edges from the pipe component as shown in the figure, and select Front Plane to specify direction.
    2. Under Translations, click Along Plane Dir 2 and Normal to Plane . Make sure that a zero appears in the value box of each component.
    3. Click .