{"id":358226,"date":"2024-03-20T21:31:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T21:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/358226\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T21:31:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T21:31:47","slug":"358226","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/358226\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: Workbench Import of Classic Model – Mesh Beam Issue"},"content":{"rendered":"

<p>I believe you’re correct – thank you for looking into this, Gary.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>I did manage to figure out a workaround, though it is a bit convoluted…documenting for posterity:<\/p><\/p>\n

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  1. Import external model file with oriented placeholder beams<\/li>\n
  2. Tie the external model block into its own mechanical model block<\/li>\n
  3. In a separate mechanical model block, create a library of beam sections in SC<\/li>\n
  4. Assemble the mechanical model blocks from steps 2 & 3 into a new mechanical model block<\/li>\n
  5. In the line body menu for the step 2 model, set Read Only to “No”. This will allow edits in the assembly block level<\/li>\n
  6. The line body cross-sections can now be set to any of the mesh beam sections created in step 3<\/li>\n
  7. Offset beams as needed and make sure Cross Section (for solver) is set to “Mesh”<\/li>\n
  8. Ensure “Beam Section Results” is set to “Yes” under the solution properties<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-358226","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/358226","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\/358226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}