Tutorial - 2D Truss analysis in Mechanical APDL (ANSYS) Part 2?

Tutorial on two dimensional bridge truss analysis in ANSYS 13.0.

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    In general, a finite element solution may be broken into the following three stages.
    1. Preprocessing: defining the problem;
    - Define keypoints/lines/areas/volumes
    - Define element type and material/geometric properties
    - Mesh lines/areas/volumes as required
    2. Solution: assigning loads, constraints and solving;
    3. Postprocessing:
    - Lists of nodal displacements
    - Element forces and moments
    - Deflection plots
    - Stress contour diagrams

    In this tutorial we will go through second and third step.

    Answered with a tutorial: https://grabcad.com/tutorials/tutorial-2d-truss-analysis-in-mechanical-apdl-ansys-part-2

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      I have too many keypoints for a truss. Can I define them in an excel sheet and then import it to APDL? Can I do that?

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        Tutorial - 2D Truss analysis in Mechanical APDL (ANSYS) Part 2?"

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