How to make jolts and bolts out of two frozen bodies? 1

[bennyipfar]

I try to make a truss model with bolts and jolts on the foundation area. Instead of using point-and-line with default cross-section method in Ansy to draw a truss model, in which I realize it impossible to modify any structure component such as cutting a bolt hole in between the line section, I go with the traditional way as draw each component independently and assemble them in the final stage. However, while I'm setting all components to "Frozen Bodies" and try to make a bolt hole which penetrate both bodies out of using slice method. The part that i sliced out is a cylindrical solid staying in the model which is not a hollow cylindrical one that can fit a jolt. I am stuck in this part for quite awhile.

 

[cgalvez22]

Have you tried to "Unfreeze" the cylinder body, then applying the slice?

 

[bennyipfar]

I think I get it. I slice the material and use Boolean operation to delete any unwanted surface!