Thanks all,
Yes, i'm playign around with Simulate. The books & lessons only show you a few ideas, and they pretty much walk you thru the exapmples. I wanted to try somethign on my own. I figured a stressed hinge woud be an easy thing to do (as I look at my boss' office door!) My thought was, it the bottom hinge failed (lost the pin) how would the top hinge get stressed? So, a standard 'door', hanging off the top hinge, and is free to move as it wishes(just gravity, no side loads or other 'obstacles' [door frame!]). A single knuckle hinge instead of the usual 3 or 5 knuckles. That one knuckle is constrained (pinned) the to the door frame. How much woudl it twist? where is the most stress observed?
The main idea was how to get a load not on the hinge, but outside the bounderies of the part. And, have just the hinge modeled / meshed / incused in the calcs.