B1 GeniE Basics Workshop

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GeniE_Basics_Workshop

Revised 29 August 2011

SESAM User CourseGeniE Workshop:

Learning the basics and getting started

Start GeniE by clicking the shortcut on your screen:

Create a new workspace (File > New Workspace). Let units be m, kg, N.

Create two new sections and name them I600 and I400:

Here you have the create/edit section menu.

Type in the values for I600 and I400

The values are listed on the next page.


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I600:

Height: 0.6

Width: 0.6

Web: 0.015

Flange: 0.02

I400:

Height: 0.4

Width: 0.4

Web: 0.015

Flange: 0.02


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Now, create a material and name it St44:

St44:

Yield: 255 000000 Pa

Density: 7850 Kg/m^3

Young: 2.1e+011

Poisson: 0.3

Thermal: 1.2e-05

Damping: 0.03


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In command line area see that several commands have been read. Also see (upper right area

of window) that a default section (I600) and default material (St44) have been defined.

Insert a guide plane (Insert > Guiding Geometry > Guide Plane Dialog) with the datashown below (see inside the red circles).

See that a guide plane appears. Use the Fit (F9) and View from Y (F7) buttons.

Double-click

to change


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Insert beams (section I600) as shown below by clicking Beam button:and then clicking in the guide plane.

Change default section to I400 and insert two more beams:


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Rotate to Iso view (F5). Vertical beams (columns) should be rotated 90 about their axes.

Select both beams (first make sure selection button is pressed and then click and

shift+click). Use RMB to open Edit Beams dialog. See below.

The model should nowlook like this:


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See that the beams are listed in the Structure folder in the browser.

Change view to Modelling Structure

(i.e. dont show guide plane any more).

Select all beams by dragging a rubberband. Then use RMB to open the Copy dialog. Makea copy of the frame as shown below (copy in Y-direction). Note that a preview of the copy

may be shown by checking the Preview box. Click Apply to perform the copying. Then

Cancel the dialog as no more copying is desired.


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Insert a beam by the Insert Beam dialog. Specify appropriate end coordinates as follows:

A. Click in the End 1 field (you dont have to delete the data there).

B. Click one of the ends of one of the two upper horizontal beams and see that thecoordinate (2.5,0,5) pops up in the End 1 field.

C. Edit the data of End 1 to (5,0,5).

D. Do a similar process for End 2 to get coordinate (5,6,5).

A

C

B

D


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Copy the new beam. Specify the Translation vector of the copy process as follows:

A. Click in the Translation vector field.

B. Click point 1 and thereafter point 2 and see that the appropriate vector appears.

C. Click Apply.

Make another copy of the beam to connect the other ends of the two lower horizontalbeams. See the resulting model next page.

1

2

A


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Add supports (Insert > Support > Support Point Dialog) in the four lower corners of the model.

Select the supports and use the RMB to open the Properties dialog. Adjust the fixations so that

all rotations are free and translations are fixed as indicated by the figure below.

Insert a load case name LC1 (Insert > Load Case). See that this appears as the default loadcase (upper area of the window).

For all:

Rot X, Y, Z free

Y, Z fixed

Z fixed

Z fixed

X, Y, Z fixed


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Fill LC1 with a point load (Insert > Explicit Load > Point Load) and enter data as shownbelow. The point p1 is specified by clicking in the field followed by clicking in the model.

To see the point load revert from

Modelling - Structure view to Default display.


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Insert a load case name LC2 and see that this appears as the new default load case.

Fill LC2 with a line load (Insert > Explicit Load > Line Load) and enter data as shown

below. Select points p1 and p2 by clicking the model (insertion point jumps from p1 to p2).

Run the analysis:

First create an analysis activity: Tools > Analysis > Activity Monitor and click OK.

Then click Start in the Activity Monitor.


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See that analysis succeeded:

To view results do as follows:

Switch to Results - All or

Results with Mesh view.

Open the Result presentation dialog

(Tools > Analysis > Presentation)

and present some results.

To see results better switch to

Wireframe view:

Conclude this workshop by getting familiar with some program basics (graphics, selections,settings, etc.) as explained in a tutorial found as follows:

Give Help > Help Topics (F1) to open GeniE help in browser.

Click Tutorial 2 General: GeniE Workshop in browser.

Try some of the features explained in Part 1User interface, pages 413 and

Results, pages 41-42

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