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Thank you for the hint. I tried with a mesh with second order elements and I obtain too 1.1e-6 deflection but I'm not sure it's correct. A think the correct result is 10.8 mm so 1.08e-2 metres. Checked again calcs using theory and Freecad with calculiX and the correct answer is 1.08e-2 and the Von M...

Hi all i'm hitting the head in the wall but i'm not finding a solution to solve this problem. I load a STEP file in elmergui , its a steel bar 10x10x300 mm . Coordinates in the STEP file are in meters : ---- #8=(LENGTH_UNIT()NAMED_UNIT(*)SI_UNIT($,.METRE.)); ---- Checking point coordinates i can see...