How to release the 'dof' along certain direction of a node?

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zhaoning
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How to release the 'dof' along certain direction of a node?

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Is the rigidlink command restrain all the 'dof' of the node? If I want to release certain dof, such as the dof along the vertical direction, how to realize it? Thank you very much.
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it is like a rigid truss.. use the equaldof command to release dofs.
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