Reply To: Spreader Lifting Beam

[mohan.urs]

Hey,

• Check out this link for modelling pin joints Modelling Pin Joint (ansys.com)
• Regarding the standard earth gravity, the help states that 

If you are still unsure about its application and modification using the coordinate system. Try setting it up for a simple symmetric model and verify its behaviour.

• And I didn't understand what you meant by task, I'm assuming that you meant that you didn't define it in engineering data. In that case the selection information in mechanical will show the volume of all the bodies selected, you can use that to manually find out the weight of the bodies.

Thanks