Beam element post-processing display issues in ls-prepost

- October 21, 2024 at 1:23 am
  
  646247561
  Subscriber
  
  Using beam element to simulate rebar, in ls-prepost preprocessing I can see that the cross section of the beam elememt is circular, but after submitting the calculation to ls-dyna, the cross section of the beam element shown in ls-prepost postprocessing becomes a rectangular cross section, is this normal?
- October 21, 2024 at 2:31 pm
  
  Alex R.
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hello,
  The information about beam cross section is included only in k-file. Therefore, while post-processing the beam elements on the result files (d3plots) the LS-PrePost will display the beams with the rectangular beam cross section (default). The workaround is to open d3plot and k-file simultaneously (File->Open->LS-DYNA Keyword+D3plot).
  Thank you,
  Alex
- October 22, 2024 at 12:34 am
  
  646247561
  Subscriber
  
  Thank you, your answer is very helpful!