About Beam Releases
Beam releases determine the degrees of freedom that do not participate in or are not tied to a connection at the end of a beam. You can specify beam releases for both straight and curved beams. Beam releases are supported in structural mode only and not in thermal mode.
Click Refine Model. Click the arrow next to 
Beam. Click 
Beam Releases to open the Beam Releases dialog box to specify the degrees of freedom you want to release for a beam's ends. If you do not define a beam release, Creo Simulate ties together all degrees of freedom at the ends of the beam.
Beam. Click Beam Releases to open the Beam Releases dialog box to specify the degrees of freedom you want to release for a beam's ends. If you do not define a beam release, Creo Simulate ties together all degrees of freedom at the ends of the beam.You can also access this dialog box by clicking More in the Releases area of the Beam Definition dialog box. Use the items on the Beam Releases dialog box to manage the beam releases for your model. The dialog box includes these items:
• Description—Displays any description you entered for the beam release on the Beam Release Definition dialog box.
• New—Opens the Beam Release Definition dialog box to allow you to specify the degrees of freedom for the beam end.
• Copy—Copies the selected beam release to a new name and adds it to the list. Creo Simulate gives the copy the default name BeamReleasex, where x is a number that is one greater than the number of beam releases in the list. To change the name, use Edit.
• Edit—Opens the Beam Release Definition dialog box to allow you to modify the current definition for the selected beam release.
• Delete—Remove the selected beam release from the list.
When you apply a beam release definition to your beam, Creo Simulate displays a beam release icon on the model that illustrates which degrees of freedom are tied and which are untied.