diff --git a/js/fea/DmaBeam.js b/js/fea/DmaBeam.js
index 65f3a79f3349fc8471cf03d71415cdd7d7376fab..4eaecfbafb1cba10356cc48e47fae44df076b951 100644
--- a/js/fea/DmaBeam.js
+++ b/js/fea/DmaBeam.js
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Created by aghassaei on 1/13/15.
 
 //a single beam, made from two nodes
 
+var unitGeo = new THREE.CylinderGeometry(0.1, 0.1, 1, 6);
+
 
 function DmaBeam(node1, node2) {
     this.nodes = [node1, node2];
@@ -23,11 +25,17 @@ DmaBeam.prototype.getIndex = function(){
 };
 
 DmaBeam.prototype._buildBeamMesh = function(){
+    var mesh = new THREE.Mesh(unitGeo);
 
+    var position = this.nodes[0].getPosition();
+    position.sub(this.nodes[1].getPosition());
+    position.multiplyScalar(0.5);
+    mesh.position.set(position);
+    return mesh;
 };
 
 DmaBeam.prototype.render = function(scene){
-
+    if (!this.mesh) this.mesh = this._buildBeamMesh();
 };
 
 DmaBeam.prototype.calcStiffnessMatrix = function(){
diff --git a/js/fea/DmaCell.js b/js/fea/DmaCell.js
index 3cb9a3710c4b5f98e089860b3ed39d6c61d0cc60..35d1bd4bf30c39c92eb4685eadf5268e96acfced 100644
--- a/js/fea/DmaCell.js
+++ b/js/fea/DmaCell.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ DMACell.prototype._initNodes = function(vertices){
     return nodes;
 };
 
-DMACell.prototype._initBeams = function(){
+DMACell.prototype._initBeams = function(nodes, faces){
     return [];
 };
 
diff --git a/js/fea/DmaNode.js b/js/fea/DmaNode.js
index ab7e71d3ac414c64fde81fbc49276148ddeb0da5..69f0d3b8698679864eb280d46997223de05444f1 100644
--- a/js/fea/DmaNode.js
+++ b/js/fea/DmaNode.js
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ DmaNode.prototype.getIndex = function(){
     return this.index;
 };
 
+DmaNode.prototype.getPosition = function(){
+    return this.position.clone();
+};
+
 DmaNode.prototype.addBeam = function(beam){
     this._beams.push(beam);
 };
diff --git a/js/models/AppState.js b/js/models/AppState.js
index 9e173cc0ae9d40eef0b90cabd59ec2430e032f33..4af6c7771f64ce05edc6e63bda01ecb3de1b70e8 100644
--- a/js/models/AppState.js
+++ b/js/models/AppState.js
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ AppState = Backbone.Model.extend({
         },
         allPartTypes:{
             octa:{
-                face: {triangle:"Triangle", beam:"DmaBeam"},
-                freeformFace: {triangle:"Triangle", beam:"DmaBeam"},
-                edge: {triangle:"Triangle", beam:"DmaBeam"},
+                face: {triangle:"Triangle", beam:"Beam"},
+                freeformFace: {triangle:"Triangle", beam:"Beam"},
+                edge: {triangle:"Triangle", beam:"Beam"},
                 edgeRot: {beam:"DmaBeam"},
-                vertex: {square:"Square", xShape:"X", beam:"DmaBeam"}
+                vertex: {square:"Square", xShape:"X", beam:"Beam"}
             },
             cube:{
                 face: null