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48 Chapter 3 Beam Analysis

 Enlarge scale by clicking at Box Zoom icon on the upper
part of the screen (icon with plus sign on the magnifying
glass) and draw a box with appropriate size to zoom in.
Click it again after appropriate scale is showing on the
window.

 Click on Modeling tab, and then click the New Sketch icon
(a small blue geometry symbol with * on the upper part of
the DM window) to create Sketch1 which will appear under
XYPlane. Note that this name Sketch1 can be deleted or
renamed by right clicking on it and selecting an option.
 Next, we draw the two beam elements. Click on Sketch1.
 Click the Sketching tab and select Draw. Choose Line to
create the first line with the end coordinates of (0,0) and
(1,0). This is done by clicking at the coordinates of (0,0) on