An Interesting SPR Concerning Beams A few weeks ago, a customer filed an SPR about some beam results. In it, the customer asked why Simulate produced very different results for three different models that seemed nearly identical. It took me a while figure out all the reasons, some of which turned out to be fairly subtle. This blog post gives a pretty complete explanation, and touches on the following topics, which may be of general interest: Asymmetric beams Creo Simulate's multiple beam coordinate systems Shear center Solid sketched sections Weighted links Total Load at Point tl;dr : Simulate computes correct results, but you have to be careful when using solid sketched beam sections. Problem Statement The short description of the SPR states: "max disp mag" value is unexpectedly too high compared to theoretical results when using a 3D Model or a beam with standard section in Creo Elements/Pro Simulate 5.0 The problem to be solved is about as simple as it gets: a cantilever beam with a load on the end. Figure 1 Unlike th
