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Double-click on the geometry button, ; in the Project Schematic area, which should launch the Design Modeler in ANSYS. A window should pop up asking for units. Units are in meters, so select Meters and press Ok. A folder called {*}{_}A: Static Structural (ANSYS){_}{*} should be expanded in the tree outline of the Design Modeler.  ; If it is not expanded, then expand it now.

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Click once on the XYPlane button, .  ; Next, click once on the royal blue Z vector (displayed below) which should be in the bottom right section of the Design Modeler window.


Now, you should be looking directly at the XY plane and the axises axes in the bottom right corner should be oriented as they are in the image below.

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First instinct is to make a rectangular solid as a model for our cantilever.  ; While this would work, it would make the mesh more complex than it needs to be. This is a one-dimensional problem, so all we really need at our base is a one-dimensional figure: a line.  ; (We still need to tell ANSYS it has volume, though.)

Click once on the Sketching tab, , which appears at the bottom of the Tree Outline. Click once on the Line button, , in the Draw tab, , that automatically appears. Then place the mouse cursor directly over the origin of the XY plane unit a P appears.


Once the P appears then click once on the mouse. Next, move the mouse over to the right so it lies somewhere on the positive x axis; Prior, to clicking again make sure that a C appears.


You should now have a line that starts at the origin and terminates somewhere on the positive axis.
At this point, the dimension of the line needs to be specified, so click once on the Dimensions tab, . Then, click once on the Horizontal button, . The next step is to click somewhere on the y axis and then click on the endpoint of the line (the point that lies upon the positive x axis). Now, raise the cursor (which should now be a horizontal line and a pencil) above the line and click once; You should see a dimension labeled H1 above the horizontal line as shown below.


Now, the length of the line will be manually edited. Underneath the "Sketching Toolboxes" there will be a column called "Details View". In " Details View there is a subcategory called "Dimensions: 1". Change the numerical value of H1 to 4 meters and press enter.

Line Body

The next step is to turn the line that was drawn into a line body. In order to do this click on Concept which will be on top of the Design Modeler window, then click on Lines from Sketches, as can be seen in the following picture.


Next, click on the blue horizontal line that you drew. The blue horizontal line should have changed from blue to yellow as can be seen below.


In the "Details View" column a yellow box to the right of "Base Objects" should be highlighted in yellow. Click on the yellow box and then click apply. Then, click on the "Generate" button which has a lightning bolt on it and is located on the top left portion of the Design Modeler.

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