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Geometry

Draw the Geometry

First, double click on "Geometry" in the Project Schematic to bring up (once) to bring up the geometry properties menu. The default analysis type of ANSYS is 3D, but we are doing a 2 dimensional problem. Change the Analysis Types from 3D to 2D. Now, right click on Geometry on the project outline and click Image Added. This will bring up the Design Modeler. It will prompt you to pick the standard units. From the Problem Specification, we want to use choose inch

To begin sketching, we need to look at a plane to sketch on. Click on the Z-axis of the compass in the bottom right hand corner of the screen to look at the x-y plane.

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