Do you want to create this system in WeStatiX? Here we explain how to do it, but you can find it among the tutorials in WeStatiX.
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GEOMETRY
Follow the Tab Bar and select GEOMETRY.
Create nodes first: you can do it by typing in the Data Panel or by clicking on the grid points in the Viewport 3D, whichever you like best!
The coordinates are:
- 1: ( 0 ; 0 ; 0 )
- 2: ( 0 ; 1 ; 0 )
- 3: ( 0 ; 2 ; 0 )
- 4: ( 0 ; 3 ; 0 )
![](https://docs.westatix.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image-105-1024x352.png)
Immediately afterwards you can quickly create member elements.
![](https://docs.westatix.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image-107-1024x348.png)
PropERTIES
You can then move to PROPERTIES and define the properties of the parametric material
![](https://docs.westatix.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/1-23.png)
…and section.
![](https://docs.westatix.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2-19-1024x625.png)
Now pay attention when assigning properties to the various members.
Below you will find the summary table.
![](https://docs.westatix.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/3-13-1024x203.png)
Click on New and give member 1 section 1, as shown below.
![](https://docs.westatix.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/4-6.png)
The properties of member 2 do not differ substantially from the previous one.
You can then generate them by pressing Clone on the properties of member 1 and simply changing the number in the Members field.
![](https://docs.westatix.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/5-3.png)
For member 3, free scrolling along z to create the constraint conditions for the vertical release!
![](https://docs.westatix.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/6-2.png)
You will see the display of the initial end of member 3 change in the Viewport 3D!
![](https://docs.westatix.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image-118-1024x604.png)
CONSTRAINTS
Go to the definition of external constraints on CONSTRAINTS.
![](https://docs.westatix.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image-117-1024x191.png)
For node 1, leave the rotation around X free.
![](https://docs.westatix.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image-114-1024x602.png)
For node 2, free scrolling along Y and rotation around X.
![](https://docs.westatix.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image-115-1024x602.png)
Finally, for node 3, leave only the scrolling along Y free.
![](https://docs.westatix.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image-116-1024x601.png)
LOADS
Enter the loads on ACTIONS: type -1 in the Force Z field and move it to the end of member 2.
![](https://docs.westatix.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/load-8-1024x461.png)
Now that you have correctly defined geometry, properties and boundary conditions, all you have to do is calculate the structure!
ANALYSIS
Click on CALCULATE, then Start calculation.
![](https://docs.westatix.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image-121-1024x334.png)
All the results will be available for you in a few seconds: you can consult them by selecting them in the Entity tree and viewing them in the Viewport 3D.
![](https://docs.westatix.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image-120-1024x333.png)
This exercise is also used in our Verification manual: here we compared the results of the analytical solution with the numerical ones.