{"id":302437,"date":"2023-08-21T10:42:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T10:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/302437\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T10:42:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T10:42:49","slug":"302437","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/302437\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: Method : Analysis type in Advanced Geometry Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;If you want to do a 2D structural analysis, for example plane stress, plane strain or axisymmetric, you must construct a surface in the XY plane in SpaceClaim.&nbsp; For Axisymmetric, the surface must be on the +X side of the Y axis, which is the axis of rotation.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Workbench, you must change the Analysis Type to 2D in the Properties window under the Advanced Geometry Options BEFORE you double click on Model and import the geometry into Mechanical.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you forget to do that and build the model in Mechanical as 3D, do not go back to Workbench and try to change the Ansysis Type to 2D.&nbsp; Some objects will be 3D and will not work properly in a 2D analysis.&nbsp; It is best to just start over.&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-302437","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/302437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reply"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/302437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}