Reply To: Confused on Boundary conditions

[peteroznewman]

It would be better if the Pincers are changed to be Rigid Bodies so that they do not bend. A change like that can require other changes in the model to accomodate the rigid bodies.  An easier way may be to edit the material of the pincher tips and add 00 to the end of the Young’s Modulus, making it 100 times stiffer.

It seems that the pipe could be a larger diameter so that it makes contact at 3 points around the clamp. It seems there is a lot of clearance between the pipe and the clamp.