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• I think I understand it now, thanks for your help. If I have more questions I'll ask again! Maybe if more marriages worked together society would be going better...

  in Using Calculix to model a rotatable joint Comment by gwillis May 2021
• Thanks, I'll read over that and see how I go.

  in Using Calculix to model a rotatable joint Comment by gwillis April 2021
• JohnM, thanks for your example. I am pretty new to FEA. I am using beams to model the poles and cross bar so I think your example is not applicable?

  in Using Calculix to model a rotatable joint Comment by gwillis April 2021
• disla, I was able to open your file in mecway then save it as an abaqas file so I could examine it (I am using calculix because I need to programmatically generate the input file). Have I got this right? The equations describe a relationship between…

  in Using Calculix to model a rotatable joint Comment by gwillis April 2021
• Thanks, I'll see if I can understand what your example file is doing.

  in Using Calculix to model a rotatable joint Comment by gwillis April 2021
• in Using Calculix to model a rotatable joint Comment by gwillis April 2021
• A real example

  in Using Calculix to model a rotatable joint Comment by gwillis April 2021
• Thanks for your comments. The simplest case I am examining is 2 poles connected with a bar between. The connections A and B can be bolted as a rigid connection, or bolted so the bar and pole can rotate relative to each other. I hope that is clear. I…

  in Using Calculix to model a rotatable joint Comment by gwillis April 2021