Meshing stuck on 80%. Looking for advice on how to simulate stress test on a straw bridge mode.

[Anonymous]

I am trying to simulate a stress test on a straw bridge model. I have sketched it out and built hollow pipes around the sketch. I joined them into one body and headed over to the simulations tab. While there, I used auto contact and constrained four pipes as the base. The model is unable to mesh for some reason. I feel like I am missing a huge step. 

[TheCADWhisperer · Accepted solution]

Are you a student?

I think you will need a Beam Elements solver rather than a Tetrahedral Mesh solver.

This is what we do in my class...