Defining Connection Locks

You can define lock behavior for your connection for one or more components of relative motion.

The locking criteria might depend on the motions of the available components of relative motion and on the forces/moments in both available and constrained components of relative motion. The locking occurs when any of the criteria are met.

You can define multiple behavior definitions. For example, you can define individual behaviors for the different components of relative motion.

Before you begin:
  • Create a new connection or edit an existing connection. To create a connection, see Defining Connectors.
  • In the connection dialog box, click to open the Behaviors editor.
See Also
About Connectors
  1. In the left pane of the Behaviors editor, click next to Lock and then click on the new Lock definition.
    The Lock behavior editor appears on the right pane of the Behaviors editor.
  2. From the Force/Moment options, select Fx, Fy, Fz, Mx, My, Mz to specify which components of relative motion contribute to the locking criteria.
  3. From the Lock options, select one of the following:
    OptionDescription
    All Locks all components of relative motion when any of the locking criteria are satisfied.
    Fx, Fy, Fz, Mx, My, or Mz Specifies a single component of relative motion to lock when any of the locking criteria are satisfied.
  4. To define locking criteria based on motion, enter values for the Position lower limit and Position upper limit.
  5. To define locking criteria based on forces/moments, enter values for the Force/Moment lower limit and Force/Moment upper limit.