plate and beams
adding bolts
how
error
plate and beams
adding bolts
how
error
The beam element has no geometry to attach the bolt element to. The bolt element needs a circular edge which will have rigid element connection to the rigid link (which represents the bolt) attaching to the other part.
Model your 'beam' as a solid and it should work fine. CAUTION: heed the warning and ignore stress w/in a diameter of the bolt connection. (You could hand-calculate those.)
Do I need to take the opposite side of the bolt
Do you need to identify solid
Yes and yes.
Arif, you need to right click on the beam body and select 'Treat as solid'.
See below:
Do it for all beams. Then you can create your bolt connector.
Arif, you need to right click on the beam body and select 'Treat as solid'.
See below: