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How to delete a group of elements in solution or post processing to simulate an actual process?

- September 30, 2021 at 5:22 pm
  
  Shekhar
  Subscriber
  
  Hello Community,
  I am simulating an additive manufacturing process. After all layer deposition, I wish to delete the substrate elements before analyzing developed distortion and stress in the component.
  In actual practice, after cutting off the substrate plate from the actually deposited component, an amount of residual stress is released. Therefore, the state of stress before and after substrate cutting is different.
  I am using edele command in /POST1 but it is not working.
  Can anybody give me some clue or something?
- October 1, 2021 at 3:48 pm
  
  dlooman
  Ansys Employee
  
  Use EKILL instead. It's not permitted to delete elements, but EKILL will have the same effect.
- October 1, 2021 at 4:35 pm
  
  Shekhar
  Subscriber
  
  Hi Thanks for your answer
  But the EKILL command does not work in /POST1.
  Should it be done in /SOLU processor after complete processing and then restart the analysis?
  Multiframe restart?

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