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Ram Gopisetti
Ansys Employee

Hi 

When you say hinge, you have two methods, 

CNRB approach: create a CNRB ( constrained nodal rigid bodies) connection between two solid parts and then resolve the components via (Boundary_ prescribe _ motion_rigid infer the PID of this CNRB )such that rotation is free and the rest of the components are 0

Joint approach: you can model the revolute joint as given in the link

 

Also, on a simple approach, you can use the SPC with a Rotational component to 0 

Happy Simulation,

Ram.

 

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