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[TomPhemmy]

In ANSYS Mechanical, the default cross section mesh for beams with circular cross section is 8 divisions along the circumference and 2 divisions along the radius as shown below :

[Rahul Kumbhar]

I assume you are okay using APDL commands In Mechanical. You can insert command object under the line geometry and add the coomands to change the secdata.

[TomPhemmy]

thank you for this information. I have noticed that this works. But why does ANSYS Mechanical not render the new section like APDL does?

[Rahul Kumbhar]

The reason is these commands are executed while solving in background not in GUI.

[TomPhemmy]

Good to know; thank you.