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equalDOF Command

This command is used to construct a multi-point constraint between nodes.

equalDOF $rNodeTag $cNodeTag $dof1 $dof2 ...

$rNodeTag

integer tag identifying the retained, or master node (rNode)

$cNodeTag

integer tag identifying the constrained, or slave node (cNode)

$dof1 $dof2 ...

nodal degrees-of-freedom that are constrained at the cNode to be the same as those at the rNode

Valid range is from 1 through ndf, the number of nodal degrees-of-freedom.

EXAMPLE:

equalDOF 2 3 1 3 5;

# impose the traslational displacements in x and z directions, and rotation about the y-axis of node 3 to be the same as those of node 2.

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