Tutorial example of calculating deformation and deflection in a spanner where the geometry is given in and imported from a STL CAD file.
This model is available as an automated tutorial by selecting Model Examples and Tutorials… > Structural Mechanics > Deformation of a Spanner from the File menu, and also as the MATLAB simulation m-script example ex_spanner. Step-by-step tutorial instructions to set up and run this model are linked below.
An example of a parametric study where the applied load is shifted from the side to the front of the spanner is shown below.