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Hanging from a beam?

Hi all, sorry in advance for a possibly very easy question. I want to hang a block from a fixed point with a strong wire, and I think that a beam is the right object to use for the wire. I've been...

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I have tried following the channel beam example by setting up a couple of lines for it to follow, but I'm still running into trouble getting the beam to work. I cannot put a material on the beam, and I...

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Re: Hanging from a beam?

Hi, A Truss is probably better than a Beam for a thin wire, but I do not really think that it matters in your case. You need to add one more material for the beams. A material can only be assigned to...

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Re: Hanging from a beam?

Thanks for the response! This is great; I have materials now. I have also added a gravitational edge load to the wire like in the channel beam example, but in the channel beam example, they use a point...

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