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Problem Specification 1. Start-up and preliminary set-up 2. Specify element type and constants 3. Specify material properties 4. Specify geometry 5. Mesh geometry 6. Specify boundary conditions 7. Solve! 8. Postprocess the results 9. Validate the results

Step 2: Specify element type and constants

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

Pick Structural Solid in the left field and Brick 8-node 45 in the right field. Click OK.

Close the Element Types dialog box and also the Element Type menu.

Main Menu > Preprocessor> Real Constants > Add/Edit/Delete > Add...

...

Close the Real Constants menu.

Toolbar > SAVE_DB

Go to Step 3: Specify material properties