Defining a Rigid Body Displacement Restraint

You can restrain a rigid body translationally or rotationally in any axis.

Before you begin: Enable rigid body motion for the solid physics, and define a rigid body section on at least one solid section of your model. For more information, see Defining the Solid Physics of a Flow Simulation.
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About Rigid Body Displacement Restraint
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Defining Rigid Body Section Properties
  1. From the Loads section of the action bar, click Rigid Body Displacement Restraint .
  2. Optional: Enter a descriptive Name.
  3. From the Translation options, restrain the rigid body's translation along the X, Y, or Z directions.
  4. From the Rotation options, restrain the rigid body's rotation about the X, Y, or Z axes.
  5. Specify the Axis system definition to align the rigid body force with a different axis system.
    OptionDescription
    Global Global axis system.
    Local A local axis system specified as a component of the part definition. You can select the triad for the local axis system by clicking it in the 3D area. If no local axis system is available, you must define one in a part definition app.
    Specify Orient the vector directly by right-clicking the feature triad glyph on the model and selecting an orientation tool.
  6. Click OK.