Overview

Welcome to the GenFEA Assisted Tutorials. The individual short steps that make up this tutorial series will guide you on how to create GenFEA models from start to finish, and will cover most of the basic GenFEA operations and workflows.

There are 19 steps in this tutorial, each about 30 seconds to 60 seconds long.

We will be building a simple portal frame structure using various tools and methods to illustrate the best workflows and practices when using GenFEA. The outline of this tutorial series as follow:

1. Create a New Project
2. Add Materials
3. Add Sections
4. Add Design Groups
5. Add Nodes (Optional)
6. Delete Elements
7. Grid Setup
8. Add End Releases
9. DrawFraming Elements
10. Mirror Framing Elements
11. Copy Framing Elements
12. Snap Settings
13. Discretize the Model
14. Define Supports
15. Define Load Cases
16. Add Loads
17. Add Load Combinations
18. Run Analysis
19. View Results

Below is a short visual preview of what will be covered: