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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation General Mechanical Truss Joint on Symmetry Vertex? Reply To: Truss Joint on Symmetry Vertex?

jc47948
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Hi Peter, thanks for the reply. This is unusual, but I need to force a two-element truss to move with displacement that is pinned at both ends. It should come together with some sort of joint. the elements should deflect but not "bend". 

I cannot get it with two members either, I am very new to ANSYS. I can theoretically solve it easily enough in equalibrium, but need to make this work in ANSYS. I think I'm close, or maybe way off. I went from a complex knuckle joint (3D modelled) to a simple line structure and have been going at it for a long time.