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Geometry

For this problem, we are going to import the geometry into ANSYS, which was designed using the ANSYS Design Modeler.

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The video below shows the steps necessary to upload the provided geometry into the ANSYS project.

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A post diameter of 1.12 ft will be used throughout the rest of this tutorial.  1.75 ft was a random value chosen to demonstrate how to change the post diameter within the Design Modeler.

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Note: To prevent a "pivot warning" message from appearing in the numerical solution, change the thickness of the WX2_ApplicationSurface to 1e-3.  Thus, disregard 1e-30 and replace with 1e-3.

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