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From the Procedures section of the action bar, click Static Perturbation Step
.
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Accept all the default settings for the static perturbation step, and click
OK.
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From the Boundary Conditions section of the action bar, click Hinge
.
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Define a hinge restraint on the first pair of bearing faces, as shown below.

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Similarly, define another hinge restraint on the second pair of bearing faces, as shown
below.

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Restrain the sideways motion of the bucket.
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From the Boundary Conditions section of the action bar, click Fixed Displacement
.
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Select the face shown below as the
Support.

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From the Translation options, select
X.
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Create the first load set.
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From the Loads section of the action bar, click Load Set
, and
name it Left.
The app creates the load set and displays it in the context selector.
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From the Loads section of the action bar, click Force
.
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From the Support options, select
Connection
.
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Click the coupling named left.
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Enter a unit force of -1 N in the
Force Y field. Leave the other force
components set to zero.
The app displays a green arrow, as shown below, that indicates the location and
direction of the force. 
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Similarly, create the remaining load sets.
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Create a load set named Mid with a load
identical to that used in the previous load step, but use the coupling
mid as the support.
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Create another load set named Right with a load
identical to that used in the other load steps, using the coupling
right as the support.
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Use the context selector to switch from the load set back to the static perturbation step.
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Create the load cases.
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From the Loads section of the action bar, click Load Case
.
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From the Load Case editor, click Use
load sets.
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In the Add Load Sets dialog box, select
Left, specify a scale factor of
120,000, and click
OK.
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Similarly, create two load cases for the load sets
Mid and Right.
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