Having problems linking Model from static structural to model in modal analysis 2020 R1

- April 11, 2020 at 6:13 pm
  
  lildogz96
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  Workbench isn't letting me drag the model data in static structural to the model in the modal analysis. It's also not letting me drag the solution to the setup.
  
  Thanks
- April 13, 2020 at 8:40 am
  
  Aniket Chavan
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  Do not drag each cell to the Modal system from Static!
  
  Drag and drop the Modal system from the Analysis system on the existing Static structural system's "Model" cell or "solution" cell directly.
  
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- April 13, 2020 at 1:29 pm
  
  lildogz96
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  I tried that too, but it is not working for some reason
  
  Thank You
- April 13, 2020 at 5:35 pm
  
  TWard48
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  Did you figure it out? I just realized I asked basically the same question.
  
  Edited to add: you aren't in Prof Kumar's FEA class at Umass Lowell by any chance? Your problem and set up look exactly like what I'm dealing with
- April 14, 2020 at 12:28 am
  
  TWard48
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  OK, I think I figured it out, at least sort of. Take a new workbench project, insert the final analysis first, right click on setup, select transfer data from new, and select the desired previous analysis type. Data, Geometry and model will all be linked, as well as the solution from the previous analysis going into the setup of the following analysis. What I still don't understand, is why I can't do a static analysis, then insert a modal analysis and take the model and solution from the previous static analysis and insert it into the new modal analysis, as would seem more intuitive to me, doing it in sequential order, as opposed to the reverse sequential order ANSYS seems to mandate. Unless I am still missing something?
- April 14, 2020 at 1:21 am
  
  Aniket Chavan
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  lildogz96, Check the help page here:
  
  https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/Secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v195/wb2_help/wb2h_creating_new_connecting.html%23wb2h_connect_new_system_drag_and_drop
  
  If you can not open the page, check my signature for the process to access the help links. Once you have opened you can click on the images to play interactive video.
  
  In your current systems, you will not be able to connect it because you already have a new Model for the Modal.
  
  Insert a new Modal system from workbench as explained in the help link above or you can also use the Analysis button in Home ribbon tab in Mechanical.
  
  https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/Secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v195/wb_sim/ds_Ribbon_Home_tab.html
  
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- April 15, 2020 at 12:57 am
  
  lildogz96
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  Thanks, That helped. I'm working out of the Workbench 2019 book, but using 2020 R1. So what I did was I deleted the modal analysis blocks like you said, and then inserted new ones. Then I was able to drag the model from the modal analysis to the static structural. Then I right clicked on the solution in static structural and transferred the data to a new modal block. I was working on tutorial 11.1 in Finite Element Simulations with ANSYS Workbench 19.
- April 20, 2020 at 3:36 am
  
  Aniket Chavan
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  lildogz96, Please mark the answer as solved if that helped you to resolve your issue.
  
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