This example of an overhead hoist leads you through the Abaqus/CAE modeling process by using the Model Tree and showing you the basic steps used to create and analyze a simple model.
Overhead hoist analysis Units Creating a part Creating a material Defining and assigning section properties Defining the assembly Configuring your analysis Applying boundary conditions and loads to the model Meshing the model Creating an analysis job Checking the model Running the analysis Postprocessing Rerunning the analysis using Abaqus/Explicit Postprocessing the dynamic analysis results