{"id":365329,"date":"2024-05-03T06:34:46","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T06:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/365329\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T06:48:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T06:48:23","slug":"365329","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/365329\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: ANSYS WORKBENCH LS DYNA ELEMENT CONTROL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hi&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Element control is only for ANSYS MAPDL Solver not LS-Dyna, so hence why it is not there. LS-Dyna have different elements and concepts.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See below for a summary.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See this doc. below for element formulations &ndash; by default it uses elform=1 (see doc. below), because we mesh with Explicit physics setting and linear element order (see mesh details in LS-Dyna workbench).&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https:\/\/www.dynamore.de\/de\/download\/papers\/forum11\/entwicklerforum-2011\/erhart.pdf&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You can change the elform\/section of a solid via the main menu and LS-Dyna Pre Tab, then Part, and choose Section.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See here for more info:&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<a href=\"https:\/\/ansyshelp.ansys.com\/account\/secured?returnurl=\/Views\/Secured\/corp\/v231\/en\/lsdyna_ug\/exd_ag_lsdyna_part_setup.html?q=part%20section\">4.6. Part Setup (ansys.com)<\/a>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(see here how to open the above help link: \/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-access-the-ansys-online-help\/#:~:text=Open%20Ansys%20Workbench%20(or%20any,A%20browser%20window%20will%20open.)&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Finally you can check the section\/elform by opening (say with notepad or in LSPrePost) the input.k file (LS-Dyna input file in Solution folder), and look for the keyword: *SECTION_SOLID&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also see more details about this and elform in the LS-Dyna manual Volume I, II and III.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The above covers all about the different elforms and how to choose and see them. For more information about the elforms used in Ls-Dyna or any other questions, use the dedicated LS-Dyna forum. Closing it here and as we said contnue under the appropriate LS-Dyna channel .&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;(Under My Channels, and LS-Dyna)&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All the best&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Erik&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-365329","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=\"HiElement control is only for ANSYS MAPDL Solver not LS-Dyna, so hence why it is not there. 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