This is just meant to give a general overview of how to do a simple spar analysis, please read through all the steps and final notes before starting

1. Geometry Tab
   1. Create 2 Points
      1. <0, 0, 0> and <x, y, z>
   2. Create a curve using the 2 points created

Note: Be careful if you have auto-execute checked that you don’t make duplicate points or curves

1. Properties Tab
   1. Create an isotropic property
      1. In input Properties put in the elastic modulus and Poisson's ratio
      2. Make sure to hit apply
   2. Go to the beam library, which is located under Tools in the bar just above the modeling window
      1. Choose which beam cross section you want and input the dimensions
      2. Hit apply
   3. Go to the 1D section in the top bar and find beam
      1. Input beam properties using the material that you made and the cross section (hit the icon next to the blank input space and your material/cross-section should pop up) and if your beam is running along the x-axis, make the orientation vector <0 1 0>
      2. Select the application region and choose your curve, click add then ok
      3. Hit apply

Note: make sure that you name everything before hitting apply

1. Loads/Boundary Conditions tab
   1. Apply boundary conditions
      1. Action: Create, Object: Displacement, Type: Nodal
      2. In input data, the translation vector is <0 0 0> and rotational is <0 0 0> (this is for a cantilever bc)
      3. Select the application region, choose a point (origin), click add, ok, and apply
   2. Create a load
      1. Action: Create, Object: Element Uniform, Type: CSI distributed load, and select 1D
      2. Input data, < 0 Lift 0>
      3. Select the application region as the curve, add, ok, and hit apply
2. Meshing
   1. Create mesh seeds first
      1. the more the better, usually between 5 and 50 depending on how precise results need to be
      2. Select the curve and if auto execute is on then the mesh seed is applied, if not then click apply
   2. Create a mesh
      1. Action: Create, Object: Mesh, Type: Curve
      2. Select the curve and hit apply
   3. Equivalence
      1. This is ONLY necessary if you have multiple intersecting curves, which you probably will not for this example
      2. Click Apply
3. Analysis
   1. Action: Analysis, Object: Entire Model, Method: Full Run
      1. Name the job
      2. Click solution type and select linear static
      3. Click solution parameters
      4. Click result output format
      5. Uncheck HDF5 and then check XDB
      6. Click okay for all menus
      7. Click apply and let it run
   2. Action: Access Results, Object: Attach XBD, Method: Result Entities
      1. Select the job you just ran
      2. Click Apply
      3. Check in the command window at the bottom of the screen it says end, if it says begin then there is a mistake in the model and the analysis cannot be run
4. Results
   1. Click on the job you ran
   2. Choose the fringe and deformation results
   3. You can also look at the f06 file for more detailed results

Final notes:

• This is just a simple example of the main spar of a wing
• Make sure you’re hitting apply as nothing will automatically save
• When creating a new file make it in your music folder where you can access the results