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15. Reaction forces
A list of the resulting reaction forces can be obtained for this element.
From the Main menu, select:

General Postproc > List Results > Reaction > Solu.

Select All struc forc F as shown and click OK. These values agree
with the reaction forces calculated by hand.
16. Deformation:
In the General Postproc menu, select:

Plot Results > Deformed Shape.

The following window will appear. Select Def + undef edge and click
OK to view both the deformed and the undeformed object.
Observe the value of the maximum deflection in the upper left-
hand corner (DMX = 7.409). One should also observe that the constrained
DOFs appear to have a deflection of 0 (as expected!).