Zero Volume in Element Error on Imported Mesh

- April 17, 2020 at 10:32 am
  
  Mahmoud Taki
  Subscriber
  
  Hello,
  
  I imported a mesh and geometry from 3-matic (an CAD software) to ANSYS WB and ran static structural. However, the same error keeps appearing stating that about 4 elements are of zero volume terminating the solution process.
  
  I have attached the output of the solution. I just want to know the source of this problem and is there a way to solve it.
  
  Thank you.
- April 17, 2020 at 1:32 pm
  
  Rob
  Forum Moderator
  
  If you're deforming the mesh are you generating poor cells? The Materialise meshes are usually fairly good for Mechanical, so also check quality in 3Matic too.