Creating the Plate

Create the plate. Apply the UTD solution method to the plate.

  1. Create the plate.
    1. Create a rectangle.
      • On the Geometry tab, from the Definition methods drop-down list, select Base corner, width, depth
      • Base corner (C): (-3, 0, 0)
      • Width (W): 6
      • Depth (D): 3
      • Label: metal_plate.
      • On the Workplane tab, select Predefined workplane. From the drop-down list, select Global YZ.
  2. Set the UTD solution properties on the metal_plate part.