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4. Now create a datum analysis feature to define a relation for the modulus (Figs. 12-13). The relation is also used to determine the largest value of c in order to get the smallest modulus over the entire beam.

Figure 12.

Figure 13.

5. The features are now grouped with the field point the first feature (Fig. 14). The group is necessary to create a user defined analysis (UDA) to graph output of the modulus over the length of the beam (Figs. 15-19). Notice there are parameters in Fig. 19 that track the maximum and minimum modulus over the entire graph.

Figure 14.

Figure 15.

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Figure 17 (click to enlarge).

Figure 18 (click to enlarge).

Figure 19.