{"id":407962,"date":"2025-02-01T05:04:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T05:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/beam-end-release-for-simulating-pinned-connection\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T05:04:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T05:04:37","slug":"beam-end-release-for-simulating-pinned-connection","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/beam-end-release-for-simulating-pinned-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Beam End Release For Simulating Pinned Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am hoping to simulate a pinned connection between two beam elements using an end release, however when I go to select a vertex and edge I get the following error message &#8220;You have a beam end release where the vertex is not on the edge.&#8221;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have read that is caused by not having a shared vertex\/node between the two memebers at the selected point which can be fixed by sharing the topology. However I my case since I want a pinned connection between the two members I figure that sharing topology would &#8220;bond&#8221; the two memebers at that point which I don&#8217;t want.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&#8217;ve checked the intersection point of the two memebers at which I intended to place a end release and they share a node so I don&#8217;t understand why I am getting the error.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&#8217;ve tried selecting both the horizontal beam and the angle beam as the edge and neither fixes the error. I&#8217;ve also checked that the selected vertex appear on both beams by alternating hiding the two bodies and checking that the vertex still displays.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Is there a way to fix the error without sharing topology, or conversely sharing topology without bonding the pinned connection?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks!&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/01-02-2025-1738385495-mceclip0.png\" width=\"360\" height=\"380\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/01-02-2025-1738385631-mceclip1.png\" width=\"523\" height=\"374\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/02\/01-02-2025-1738386257-mceclip2.png\" width=\"393\" height=\"379\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-407962","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["407962"],"_bbp_subscription":["509643","240"],"_bbp_author_ip":["50.35.236.138"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["408219"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["408219"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-02-03 18:31:55"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["509643","240"],"_btv_view_count":["547"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"jo388chelionenergy-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/407962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/407962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}