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Step 2: Specify element type and constants

Specify Element Type

Main Menu > Preprocessor> Element Type > Add/Edit/Delete > Add...

Pick Structural Solid in the left field and Quad 4 node 42 in the right field. Click OK to select this element.


 
You'll now see the Element Types menu with PLANE42 as the only defined element type.


 
Let's take a look at the online help pages to learn about the properties of this element.

Utility Menu > Help > Help Topics

Select the Search tab, type in pictorial summary as the keyword and click List Topics. You should see Pictorial Summary as one of the topics listed; double-click on this. This brings up the Pictorial Summary of Element Types help page. Scroll down to Plane42 under Structural 2-D Solid. Note that the PLANE42 element is defined by four nodes with two degrees of freedom at each node: translations UX and UY in the (nodal) x and y-directions.

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