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Reassign the line pressure to the 7 edges as shown below. Also make sure that the
Fixed Support condition is added to the bottom 6 points of the frame.

Right-click on Solution from the Project Outline Tree, and click Solve. After
completion, click Total Deformation in the Outline to review the total defor-
mation results. Compare the new set of results with the previous results
achieved without considering a surface deck. There is about 12.5% reduction
in the maximum total deformation by including a 0.05m surface deck in the
model.