Geometry

Draw Geometry

In order to use the units given to us in the problem press the Home button in the top left corner and select Units > SI. Click on the Z-axis on the compass in the bottom left corner of the screen to look at only the XY-plane. Right click in the empty white space and choose Select New Sketch Plane so that the plane we are sketching on will be on the XY-plane. Choose the rectangle drawing tool in the Sketch subgroup of the Design Tab and click on Define rectangle from center . Select the origin and drag out the rectangle until it is the correct size or dimension the rectangle using the highlighted box, pictured below, that appears as you are making the rectangle.

Create Bar

Once the correct bar height and width of the bar are inputted as 0.1m use the pull feature in the edit subgroup and extrude the bar to 5 meters.

Edit for 3D Accuracy

Due to the fact that we are simulating a 2D problem in a 3D environment, the geometry must be altered in order to give accurate results. The easiest way to do this is to cut the bar into a quarter and further down the line set constraints on the cut sides. Select the top and bottom faces of the bar and press plane. Repeat with the sides of the bar.

Use the Split Body tool to get rid of the the unwanted portions of the bar until we have a quarter. When using the split body tool, select the body in question the plane to separate the body so that the one that is click will be deleted. Repeat this until there is only a quarter bar left.