Importing Catia file into Ansys Mechanical APDL

- April 29, 2020 at 4:16 am
  
  jstepp
  Subscriber
  
  Im trying to import a .Cat part but am met with a "no licenses are available for CATIA V5 import". How can i get the appropriate licenses for this? im a student running Mechanical APDL 2020 R1.
  
  I was able to import an iges file but the geometry was not correct. Error said "in surface tessellation for area.. This are can only be displayed with/FACET,WIRE and cannot be part of a V,VA,VSUM, or ASUM operation.
- April 29, 2020 at 9:36 pm
  
  tsiriaks
  Ansys Employee
  
  Catia file import is not included in the ANSYS Student (free) version.
  
  You can check
  
  https://www.ansys.com/academic/free-student-products
  
  select the package and look at 'What's Included' to see the list of what you get from the package.