A simple rigid link created between the surface region on a cylindrical shaft and point P, as shown in this example, does not allow any relative motion between the surface region and the point.

Create an advanced rigid link to constrain the relative motion between the surface region in this example, and point P. You can specify up to three translational, and three rotational degrees of freedom (DOF) to constrain the relative motion.

If you do not constrain the translational DOF along the X axis, the shaft is free to slide along the X Axis relative to the point P.

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