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. | |
9 |
Create additional nodes, namely N2, N3, and N4, with parameters X set to 300, 660, and 960, respectively.
Click on the DOF tab. | ||
10 | Click on the three-dots icon next to Tx and set Fixed. | |
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. |
16 | Set the other node in the same way to create a line. |
Repeat the same to create other lines.
17 | Click on the three-dots icon next to Name and select Break. |
Repeat the same process for the other lines.
18 | Set the number of segments along local X. |
19 | 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. |
23 | Go to Geometry > Lines | |
24 | Click on the three-dots icon next to |
Section at Start and select a |
Go to Geometry > Lines
section. | ||
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 |
Repeat the same process for the other lines.
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 |
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Go to Geometry > Nodes
Click on the DOF tab.
Click on the three-dots icon next to Tx, Ty, Tz, Rx, Ry, and Rz.
Set the values for Tx, Ty, Tz, Rx, Ry, and Rz.
32 |
The properties of the line object can be changed from other tabs.
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 |