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The default material used for Mechanical is structural. We need to change it to the new material we defined earlier (Bone). In the outline window, right click on Model, and select Refresh Materials. Then, expand Geometry and highlight Solid Body 1. The bone model will now be highlighted in green, meaning it is being selected. Right below the outline window you will see "Details of Solid Body 1". Expand Material, and change the assignment to Bone. The material properties we defined for Bone will now be assigned to the bone model.

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Click on the z axis in the coordinate axis viewer to view the XY plane. Use the vertex selection tool and select a point on the top edge. Right below the model you will see the coordinates of this point. The y position is 4.98 mmm.

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Right click on Named Selections and insert a new named selection. Change the Scoping Method to Worksheet.

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Click on Generate to generate the named selection. Rename it top y.

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We will repeat the same steps to create a named selection for all the faces on the bottom edge of the model viewed from the XY plane.

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The y coordinate for the bottom edge is 3.3e-2 mmm. Rename the second named selection bottom y

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