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Geometry

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Analysis Type

First, right click Geometry and click Properties 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 . This will bring up the Design Modeler. It will prompt you to pick the standard units. From the Problem Specification, we want to choose inch

Draw the Geometry

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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