I want to run a simulation on a 60 foot aluminum walkway where the beams are only welded on the side faces and not all around. I split the model up into "parts" thinking this would help I want to select these faces to define contact but its not letting me or i just dont know what i am doing. i cant seem to find the answers in any forums so any help would be great
thanky you
Dave
Hi Dave,
From the picture it appears you are running this analysis using Beams. I am not totally clear what side faces you are referring to. Are you trying to constrain the ends of the model? Anyway, if you are running this model as a Beam analysis than you will not be able to constrain any faces, you are only able to constrain nodes in a Beam analysis so the first step is to get your nodes set up the way you want them. Then apply you constraints to them.
Ryan W.