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Author: John Singleton and Rajesh Bhaskaran, Cornell University

Problem Specification
1. Pre-Analysis & Start-Up
2. Geometry
3. Mesh
4. Setup (Physics)
5. Solution
6. Results
7. Verification and Validation
Exercises

1. Pre-Analysis & Start-Up

Start ANSYS Workbench & Load Files

In this section we will launch ANSYS Workbench and then load the project file, "cantilever.wbpj" that was created in the Cantilever Beam tutorial.
Start> All Programs> Ansys 12.1> Workbench

The following figure shows the workbench window.

SimCafe > Cantilever Beam Modal Analysis - Pre-Analysis & Start-Up > Workbench_sm.png

https://confluence.cornell.edu/download/attachments/145756989/Workbench.png

Management of Screen Real Estate

This tutorial is specially configured, so the user can have both the tutorial and ANSYS open at the same time as shown below. It will be beneficial to have both ANSYS and your internet browser displayed on your monitor simultaneously. Your internet browser should consume approximately one third of the screen width while ANSYS should take the other two thirds as shown below.

SimCafe > Cantilever Beam Modal Analysis - Pre-Analysis & Start-Up > ScreenRealEstate_350.png

https://confluence.cornell.edu/download/attachments/145756989/ScreenRealEstate_Full.png

If the monitor you are using is insufficient in size, you can press the Alt and Tab keys simultaneously to toggle between ANSYS and your internet browser.

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