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Next the temperature change needs to be added by selecting entire bar and adding a Solid Thermal Condition > Temperature and setting it to 122 degrees Celsius. We know that it needs to be set to 122 degrees Celsius because there needs to be a 100 degree increase. The original temperature can be found by going back to the Physics section via the workflow, and then selecting Material Assignments. In this menu the Zero-thermal-strain reference temperature can be found and used as the starting temperature for the material. The material was automatically assigned structural steel but if a different material was used, the zero-thermal-strain reference temperature would be different and so would the thermal condition for the free end of the bar.