OpenBrIM.FEA

Instructions
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Click New from the left sidebar.

Click Library and FEA Workflows template.

Click "New Project" from FEA Workflow to create a new project.

Enter the project name and the category.

Follow the workflow tree to enter data.

Enter X, Y and Z as 0.

Click on the icon above the analysis icon from the left sidebar.

Click the FEA icon.

Click on the DOF tab.

Click on the three-dots icon next to Tx and set Fixed.

Click on the dot at the bottom right of the Tx cell.

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Drag and drop from cell Tx to cell Rz.

Click Zoom Extend icon from the right sidebar.

Go to Geometry > Lines

Click on the three-dots icon on Node 1 and select a node.

Set the other node in the same way to create a line.

Click on the three-dots icon next to Name and select Break.

Set the number of segments along local X.

Go to Properties > Materials

Click on the three-dots icon next to Name and select Import Material.

Go to Properties > Sections

Click on the three-dots icon next to Name and select Import Section.

Go to Geometry > Lines

Click on the three-dots icon next to Section at Start and select a section.

Go to Loads> Static Loads> Load Cases

Enter Weight Factor Z as -1.

Go to Loads> Static Loads> Nodal Loads

Click on the three-dots icon next to Node and select a node.

Click on the three-dots icon next to Load Case and select a load case.

Enter Fz as -5.

Click on the selection box under the settings icon in the left sidebar.

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Select the Loading.

Click Analysis from the left sidebar.

Click on the selection box under the settings icon in the left sidebar.

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Select the Deformed.

Go to Loads> Results> Node Displacements

Go to Loads> Results> FELine Forces

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