https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/simulation-pin-constraint/m-p/11298385#M53894 <P>I'm running a static stress model...&nbsp; What should the pin constraint in the following image do?&nbsp; It's applied to the cylindrical surface shown in the image.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="tfjield_0-1657833480946.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1091904iF348FACFAF02A6B2/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="tfjield_0-1657833480946.png" alt="tfjield_0-1657833480946.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Should it allow the model to rotate about that cylindrical surface (the z-axis), only, but not translate along z?&nbsp; That's what I thought it would do, anyway...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I've applied a force (-0.1 lbf) to the part in the y-axis direction just below the hole.&nbsp; Here is the displacement in the&nbsp;y-axis direction.&nbsp; It's a 2 mm diameter hole.</P><P>&nbsp;<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="tfjield_1-1657833794872.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1091907iE079CB408731FD59/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="tfjield_1-1657833794872.png" alt="tfjield_1-1657833794872.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Any idea what's going on?&nbsp; Sorry, I'm not able to share the model.</P> Thu, 14 Jul 2022 21:30:59 GMT tfjield 2022-07-14T21:30:59Z https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/simulation-pin-constraint/m-p/11298385#M53894 <P>I'm running a static stress model...&nbsp; What should the pin constraint in the following image do?&nbsp; It's applied to the cylindrical surface shown in the image.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="tfjield_0-1657833480946.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1091904iF348FACFAF02A6B2/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="tfjield_0-1657833480946.png" alt="tfjield_0-1657833480946.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Should it allow the model to rotate about that cylindrical surface (the z-axis), only, but not translate along z?&nbsp; That's what I thought it would do, anyway...</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I've applied a force (-0.1 lbf) to the part in the y-axis direction just below the hole.&nbsp; Here is the displacement in the&nbsp;y-axis direction.&nbsp; It's a 2 mm diameter hole.</P><P>&nbsp;<span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="tfjield_1-1657833794872.png" style="width: 600px;"><img src="https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/1091907iE079CB408731FD59/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="tfjield_1-1657833794872.png" alt="tfjield_1-1657833794872.png" /></span></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Any idea what's going on?&nbsp; Sorry, I'm not able to share the model.</P> Thu, 14 Jul 2022 21:30:59 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/fusion-support-forum/simulation-pin-constraint/m-p/11298385#M53894 tfjield 2022-07-14T21:30:59Z