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fix Command

This command is used to construct homogeneous single-point boundary constraints.

fix $nodeTag (ndf $ConstrValues)

$nodeTag

integer tag identifying the node to be constrained

$ConstrValues

constraint type (0 or 1). ndf values are specified, corresponding to the ndf degrees-of-freedom.

The two constraint types are:

0

unconstrained

 

1

constrained

EXAMPLE:

fix 1 1 1 1 1 1 1; # node 1: fully fixed

fix 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 -mass 2.5 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0; # node 2: restrain axial elongation and torsion, translational masses in x-z plane only

For an example of this command, refer to the Model Building Example

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