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Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation General Mechanical Beam connection regarding Reply To: Beam connection regarding

dlooman
Ansys Employee

Yes, you don't need to use bolt pretension.  You can just create beam connections.  It sounds like the issue will be what faces you scope the beam connections to.  

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