Problem with exporting to ANSYS

Altair Forum User
Altair Forum User
Altair Employee
edited October 2020 in Community Q&A

Hi, 

 

I used to export mesh to abaqus and everything was fine. The is first time that I want to export to ANSYS, and it tells me '## number of elements not defined in the template'. When I try to check the element type that Hypermesh has generated, the card shows '0' for every element property (ESYS, TYPE, MAT, etc).  I tried to assign a property to the component yet the element type remained zero! I also load the ANSYS template at the beginning. I'd appreciate any ideas or suggestions. 

 

Thanks.

AFB

 

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  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited October 2014

    I found that for ANSYS one has to create a collector with element property before meshing.

  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited October 2014

    Hello

    the message 'number of elements not defined in template' is due to element type not yet updated

    go to panel 'elem type' and update all elements

  • Altair Forum User
    Altair Forum User
    Altair Employee
    edited October 2014

    Thank you tinh. I found out the I can create a property collector and assign it to the part before meshing. But what you're suggesting might be easier, where is that panel exactly? I'm sure I've accessed couple of element type panels to do exactly that, but not helpful so far.

  • tinh
    tinh Altair Community Member
    edited November 2014

    Hello

    I've just found that I cannot use 'elem type' or 'config change' panel to update element types in ansys  image/emoticons/default_wacko.png' alt=':wacko:'>

    So i have used menu 'tools>convert>from radioss bulk to ansys' so everything is fine

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