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For users of ANSYS 15.0, please check this link for procedures for turning on the Auto Constraint feature before creating sketches in DesignModeler. |
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.
The reason for applying "massless steel" to the sign is a result of the problem specification. The uniformly distributed load WZ1 represents the weight of the sign body.
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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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