Reply To: How to define self-weight of a structural body in static study?

[peteroznewman]

Hello Sara,

In Engineering Data add a Physical property of Density. The mass of the part will be density*volume. In Static Structural add an Inertial load of Standard Earth Gravity. That will cause the self weight of the part to be included. 

If you only want the stress due to applied forces and ignore self weight then you don't need any of the above.