{"id":358173,"date":"2024-03-20T15:46:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T15:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/358173\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T15:46:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T15:46:09","slug":"358173","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/358173\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: Workbench Import of Classic Model &#8211; Mesh Beam Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi Gary,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thank you for your response &#8211;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am able to see this option when dealing with line bodies native to SC or DM, but it seems the external model block is pre-integrating beams during the import process.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;i.e. if I import a .cdb or .dat with defined mesh beam sections (SECTYPE,,BEAM,MESH), the cross-sections come in as ASEC (pre-integrated) sections. If I open these same .cdb or .dat files in classic, the mesh beam sections are preserved. Are you aware of any settings that preserves the mesh sections types during external model imports?&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-358173","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi Gary,Thank you for your response - I am able to see this option when dealing with line bodies native to SC or DM, but it seems the external model block is pre-integrating beams during the import process.i.e. if I import a .cdb or .dat with defined mesh beam sections (SECTYPE,,BEAM,MESH), the cross-sections come in as\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/358173\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ansys Learning Forum | Ansys Innovation Space\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reply To: Workbench Import of Classic Model \u2013 Mesh Beam Issue | Ansys Learning Forum\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi Gary,Thank you for your response - 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