bolt (cylinder rigid)
Restriction: Available in Abaqus, Nastran, OptiStruct, and Radioss.
Abaqus
Creates a KINCOUP element for the body as well as for the head elements.
This realization uses the prop_cylinder.tcl property script.Figure 1.
![](../../../../images/cfg_abaqus_60_cylinderbolt.png)
![](../../../../images/cfg_abaqus_60_cylinderbolt.png)
Nastran and OptiStruct
Creates an RBE2 element for the body as well as for the head elements.
This realization uses the prop_cylinder.tcl property script.Figure 2.
![](../../../../images/cfg_nastran_60_bolt_cylinder_rigid.png)
![](../../../../images/cfg_nastran_60_bolt_cylinder_rigid.png)
Radioss
Creates an RBODY element.
This realization also the prop_radioss_rigidupdate.tcl property
script.Figure 3.
![](../../../../images/cfg_radioss_60_bolt.png)
![](../../../../images/cfg_radioss_60_bolt.png)