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| || '''rod''' only the translational degree-of-freedom will be constrained to be exactly the same as those at the master node
| || '''bar''' only the translational degree-of-freedom will be constrained to be exactly the same as those at the master node
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| || '''beam''' both the translational and rotational degrees of freedom are constrained.
| || '''beam''' both the translational and rotational degrees of freedom are constrained.

Revision as of 20:32, 14 July 2010




This command is used to construct a single MP_Constraint object.

rigidLink $type $masterNodeTag $slaveNodeTag

$type string-based argument for rigid-link type:
bar only the translational degree-of-freedom will be constrained to be exactly the same as those at the master node
beam both the translational and rotational degrees of freedom are constrained.
$masterNodeTag integer tag identifying the master node
$slaveNodeTag integer tag identifying the slave node


NOTE: The constraint object constructed for the beam option assumes small rotations


EXAMPLE:

rigidLink beam 2 3; # connect node 3 to node 2 via a rigid link-beam.


Code Developed by: fmk