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In the Project Schematic of the Workbench window, right click on Geometry and select Properties . You will see the properties menu on the right of the Workbench window. Under Advanced Geometry Options , change the Analysis Type to 2D.

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At this point, ANSYS Design Modeler DesignModeler will open in a new window. You will be asked to select the desired length unit. Use the default meter unit and click OK .

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Start by creating a sketch on the XYPlane . Under Tree Outline , select XYPlane , then click on Sketching right before Details View . This will bring up the Sketching Toolboxes .

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 In the Sketching toolboxes, select Rectangle . Hover the cursor near the origin until you see a letter P. This means the cursor is coincident with a point, in this case the origin . Then drag the cursor to draw a rectangle.

Note: You do not have to worry about dimensions for now, we will specify them properly in the later step.

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Dimensioning of the geometry is shown below:

Under Details View on in the lower left corner, input the value for dimension appropriatelyvalues for the appropriate dimensions. Then hit enter each time each dimension is entered.
V1: 0.0294 m
H2: 1.83 m
H3: 4.27 m
H4: 6.045 m

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Now that we have the sketch done, we can create a surface for this sketch.

Then click on the Concept tab in the Design modeler DesignModeler window, then click on Surface from sketches .

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