Mechanical APDL Structural Analysis Guide

17. Click once on keypoints 8 and 9 to create a line between keypoints 8 and 9.


18. Click on OK.

2.3.3.9. Create Line from Shank to Handle.

1. Choose menu path Main Menu> Preprocessor> Modeling> Create> Lines> Line Fillet. The Line Fillet
   picking menu appears.


2. Click once on lines 8 and 9.


3. Click on OK in the picking menu. The Line Fillet dialog box appears.


4. Enter BENDRAD for Fillet radius and click on OK.


5. Click on SAVE_DB on the Toolbar.

2.3.3.10. Cut Hex Section

In this step, you cut the hex section into two quadrilaterals. This step is required to satisfy mapped
meshing.

1. Choose menu path Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Numbering. The Plot Numbering Controls dialog box
   appears.


2. Click the Keypoint numbers radio button to Off.


3. Click on OK.


4. Choose menu path Utility Menu> Plot> Areas.


5. Choose menu path Main Menu> Preprocessor> Modeling> Operate> Booleans> Divide> With
   Options> Area by Line. The Divide Area by Line picking menu appears.


6. Click once on the shaded area, and click on OK.


7. Choose menu path Utility Menu> Plot> Lines.


8. Click once on line 7. (If you have trouble reading the line numbers in the ANSYS Graphics window,
   use the controls on the Pan-Zoom-Rotate dialog box (Utility Menu> PlotCtrls> Pan/Zoom/Rotate)
   to zoom in.)


9. Click on OK.The Divide Area by Line with Options dialog box appears. In the Subtracted lines will
   be drop down menu, select Kept. Click OK.


10. Choose menu path Utility Menu> Select> Comp/Assembly> Create Component. The Create
    Component dialog box appears.


11. Enter BOTAREA for component name.

12.In the Component is made of drop down menu, select "Areas."

13. Click on OK.

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