Femap and NX Nastran Five Minute Tutorials - Intro to Beam Modeling

Femap and NX Nastran Five Minute Tutorial: Introduction to Beam Modeling
This quick tutorial walks you through the essential basics of beam modeling with Femap and NX Nastran (Femapv11.1.2). Your host is Predictive Engineering and Applied CAx of Portland, OR.
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Outline:
The Workflow: Material, Property, Sizing, Meshing
Element Cross Section: How is the element oriented
Mesh Sizing: How many beams do you need?
Merging Nodes: Making sure that everything is connected
Post Processing: Beam diagrams
This tutorial developed with Femapv11.1.2