Reply To: Element type definition – Ansys Workbench

[peteroznewman]

Ansys Mechanical is a geometry-based meshing workflow, so the simplest way to define the type of finite element is by drawing the right kind of geometry. Simple dynamic analyses can often be built using beam elements, so you would draw lines, or if you want shell elements, you construct surfaces. Automatic mesh generation is useful because if you have created simple geometry, you will get a simple mesh.