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Mesh

In the outline window, click on . The only thing we will control for this geometry's mesh is the size of the elements. Go to Mesh Control > Sizing to open up the Sizing menu. Select the entire geometry by clicking then selecting the bike crank. Now click Geometry > Apply. Also, change the size of the mesh from default to 0.1 in. (If the units are not in inches, change them by going to Units > U.S. Customary (in, lbm, lbf, F, S, V, A)). Now, generate the mesh by clicking Mesh > Generate Mesh. The final result should look something like this:

Construction Geometry

The next thing we are going to do is to set up a path where the strain gauge lies on the bike crank. In the outline window, click . Next, go to Construction Geometry > Path. This will open up the path toolbox in the details window. Creating a path in Workbech is very easy: you just have to specify the starting and ending points of your path and workbench will create it. In the details window, enter (3.3748, -0.29094, 0.375) as the starting point and (3.3748, 0.10276, 0.375) as the end point. Change the number of sampling points to 50.

Now that the path has been created and the mesh is ready, we can begin creating the forces for the simulation.

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