Rigid body use in 2D plane stress static structual simulation

- June 3, 2018 at 5:08 pm
  
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  Hello,
  
  Is it possible to use rigid bodies in a plane stress 2D static structual simulation? I can set parts as rigid but i can not add joints to them so i am unable to add boundary conditions to them.
  
  I am trying to simulate the bending of a flexible wire between two rigid parts as shown in the picture but i can not add a fixed body-ground joint to the two rigid parts above and below the wire in order to fix them in place. When i turn the simulation to 3D i can add joints and joint loads without any issues. Is there any way to use the joints in 2D or just fix the rigid parts in place by other means?
  
  Thanks
- June 3, 2018 at 9:42 pm
  
  peteroznewman
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  It is possible to use rigid bodies in a plane stress 2D simulation, just not with joints.
  
  You can create rigid-like parts by creating a material that is 1000 times stiffer than the material being bent. Then all bodies are flexible.
  
  If you do that you can have a model that does this:
- June 4, 2018 at 1:30 am
  
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  Thanks, guess i will try this then.
  
  PS: If i still wanted to use a rigid body as means of reducing the total number of nodes in my 2D planar model, how would I be able to fix its position? As you confirmed joints won't work and I get a question mark when i try applying a normal fixed support to a 2D rigid body.
- June 4, 2018 at 2:14 am
  
  peteroznewman
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  You can't use joints in 2D models with rigid bodies.