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[Ines_]

Hi everyone!

I made a simple model with space claim, I meshed it and when performing structural analysis I get the following error:

"The element option SOLID185 was either not ordered with this ANSYS installation or the appropriate product was not selected for this session."

I have seen this error is because the ANSYS product license currently in use does not include the ability to use this element (/forum/discussion/5206/element-pipe289-error) but I have also checked that SOLID185 is commonly used in ANSYS so I don't get what might be the issue.

Any idea of what could be the source of the problem?

Thank you

[Ashish Khemka]

As you indicated above, it is due to licensing limitations.

Regards Ashish Khemka

[Ines_]

Hi Ashish,
Thank you for your answer.
It was. But not because of my license per se (as I thought at the beggining) but because someone else was using the license at the same time (and we only have one).
Hope this helps anyone.
In├®s

[ErKo]

That makes sense since - it is a standard element and we should have it.

Thanks for letting us know, and I also hope that this might be of help users experiencing a similar issue.

All the best for now

Erik

[abhay.satish2022]

Hi, 
Suffering from the same issue but I am the sole user, running on 1 core not distributed, both Solid 185 and 186 are non responsive

[alfonso.ruizv]

 

I got the error for the SOLID185 too. 

Initially it was a SOLID187 error, but I adjusted the mesh. it switched to this error.

 

I’m on a student license, but I think I should be able to use this, since I’m trying to  complete a simulation excercise from the Structural Boundary Conditions Course