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rigidLink Command

This command is used to construct a single MP_Constraint object.

rigidLink $type $masterNodeTag $slaveNodeTag

$type

string-based argument for rigid-link type:

 

 

rod

only the translational degree-of-freedom will be constrained to be exactly the same as those at the master node

 

 

beam

both the translational and rotational degrees of freedom are constrained.

$masterNodeTag

integer tag identifying the master node

$slaveNodeTag

integer tag identifying the slave node to be constrained to master node

NOTE: The constraint object constructed for the beam option assumes small rotations

EXAMPLE:

rigidLink beam 2 3; # connect node 3 to node 2 via a rigid link-beam.

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