1 | Click New from the left sidebar. |
2 | Click |
Library and FEA Workflows template. |
3 | Click “New Project” from FEA Workflow to create a new project. |
4 | Enter the project name and the category. | |
5 | Follow the workflow tree to enter data. | |
6 | Enter X, Y and Z as 0. | |
7 | Click on the icon above the analysis icon from the left sidebar. | |
8 | Click the FEA icon. | |
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Click on the DOF tab. |
10 | Click on the three-dots icon next to Tx |
and set Fixed. |
Set the values for Tx, Ty, Tz, Rx, Ry, and Rz.
11 | Click on the dot at the bottom right of the Tx cell. | |
12 | Drag and drop from cell Tx to cell Rz. | |
13 | Click Zoom Extend icon from the right sidebar. | |
14 | Go to Geometry > Lines |
15 | Click on the three-dots icon on Node 1 and select a node. |
Repeat the same to create other lines.
16 | Set the other node in the same way to create a line. |
17 | Click on the three-dots icon next to Name and select Break. |
18 | Set the number of segments along local X. |
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Repeat the same process for the other lines.
Go to Properties > Materials |
20 | Click on the three-dots icon next to Name and select Import Material. |
21 | Go to Properties > Sections |
22 | Click on the three-dots icon next to Name and select Import Section. |
Click on the three-dots icon next to Material and select a material.
23 | Go to Geometry > Lines |
24 | Click on the three-dots icon next to Section at Start and select a section. |
Repeat the same process for the other lines.
Click on the settings icon in the left sidebar and then select Display Section View.
The properties of the line object can be changed from other tabs.
25 | Go to Loads> Static Loads> Load Cases | |
26 | Enter Weight Factor Z as -1. | |
27 | Go to Loads> Static Loads> Nodal Loads |
28 | Click on the three-dots icon next to Node and select a node. |
29 | Click on the three-dots icon next to Load Case and |
select a load case. | ||
30 | Enter Fz as -5. | |
31 | Click on the selection box under the settings icon in the left sidebar. | |
32 | Select the Loading. | |
33 | Click Analysis from the left sidebar. | |
34 | Click on the selection box under the settings icon in the left sidebar. |
35 | Select the Deformed. | |
36 | Go to Loads> Results> Node Displacements | |
37 | Go to Loads> Results> FELine Forces |