/TITLE, Howe truss flat,  trusshowflat.a
  ! Displacement and stress 

/COLOR,PBAK,off ! black background
/PREP7          ! preprocessor section
p1 = -33e3      ! Load at nodes 2, 3, 4

ET,1,Link1      ! type 1 is a spar
EX,1,30e6       ! Young-s modulus, material 1
mp,dens,1,0.284 ! steel density, lbs/cu in
acel,,1         ! gravity
R,1,3.0         ! main area

N,1,0           ! lower-left node
N,5,40          ! lower-right node
fill,1,5        ! remaining bottom nodes 
N,7,20,7.5
N,6,10,7.5
N,8,30,7.5
/pnum,node,1
real,1          ! area
e,1,2           ! bottom left element
egen,4,1,-1     ! bottom elements, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5
e,1,6           ! upper left
e,6,7
e,7,8           ! upper right
e,8,5
e,2,6           ! verticals
e,3,7
e,4,8
e,6,3           ! inner diagonals
e,3,8
APLOT,all           ! plot all areas
/PLOPTS,INFO,OFF    ! Removes entire legend column
/PLOPTS,FRAME,OFF   ! Removes frame

FINISH             ! preprocessor section

/SOLUTION          ! solution section
antype,static
outpr,basic,1
outpr,nload,1
D,1,UX,0,,,,UY  ! Pin at left end
D,5,UY,0        ! roller at right end
F,2,FY,p1          ! apply 3 loads
F,3,FY,p1
F,4,FY,p1

! /output,Mass,txt,D:\Ansys\   !  mass
 /output,Mass,txt,U:\win\Ansys\   !  mass

solve
/PBC,ALL,1
eplot
FINISH             ! solution section

/POST1             ! post processor
etable,STR,ls,1,3
pldisp,1           ! plot displacements
! /output,Displ,txt,D:\Ansys\   !  displacements
 /output,Displ,txt,U:\win\Ansys\   !  displacements

PRNSOL,U           ! show displacements
! /output,Stress,txt,D:\Ansys\   !  forces and stresses
 /output,Stress,txt,U:\win\Ansys\   !  forces and stresses
PRRSOL             ! show forces
PRETAB             ! stresses
! FINISH             ! post processor

!    TOTAL MASS =   123.54 

!   NODE      UX            UY    
!      1       0.            0.    
!      2  0.44522E-02  -0.34269E-01
!      3  0.89044E-02  -0.37873E-01
!      4  0.13357E-01  -0.34269E-01
!      5  0.17809E-01        0.    
!      6  0.15756E-01  -0.32602E-01
!      7  0.89044E-02  -0.31197E-01
!      8  0.20530E-02  -0.32602E-01

!   ELEM    STR     
!      1   13357.    
!      2   13357.    
!      3   13357.    
!      4   13357.    
!      5  -16696.    
!      6  -11132.    
!      7  -11132.    
!      8  -16696.    
!      9   6670.6    
!     10   13352.    
!     11   6670.6    
!     12  -5564.1    
!     13  -5564.1