# Simplified bolt connection with beam element and rigid constraints **URL:** \ **Category:** General Questions\ **Created:** [March 10, 2026, 8:19am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/simplified-bolt-connection-with-beam-element-and-rigid-constraints/3328 "2026-03-10T08:19:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 121
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I assume that you would want to do this in non-commercial software so you could try partitioning the parts with several planes/faces in FreeCAD: [Simple tutorial on how to divide an object in FreeCAD into PrePoMax - #5 by MisiaKu](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/simple-tutorial-on-how-to-divide-an-object-in-freecad-into-prepomax/3229/5) It will be a lot of work, but if you can get only 5- or 6-sided volumes with 3 or 4 edges each then you will be able to create a compound and apply the Transfinite Gmsh algorithm in PrePoMax: ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/prepomax/original/2X/0/0b73832983c77e8924946e46810ad3436e61481e.png) --- _[View the full topic](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/simplified-bolt-connection-with-beam-element-and-rigid-constraints/3328)._