Ansys Learning Forum Forums Discuss Simulation General Mechanical How to change a SOLID187 into a SOLID185? Reply To: How to change a SOLID187 into a SOLID185?

peteroznewman
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you have to set the Element Control to Manual to stop the solver from overwriting your Keyopts.
Under the body you want to apply the control, you insert a command object and type
keyopt,matid,2,3
You don't need the first line because the elements are already type 185.
Regards Peter