{"id":367043,"date":"2024-05-16T08:27:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T08:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/reply\/367043\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T10:21:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T10:21:45","slug":"367043","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/367043\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: changing timoshenko beam theory into euler theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hi&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So beam4 is a 2 node beam element.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In mechanical one then needs a line body ( see here how to define such a line body&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5Ef5piegVh4 )&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You have a 3D solid body which is meshed with HEX8 or HEX20 3D solid elements so hence the error.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To sum up the geometry created needs to be a line body not a 3D solid like you have, in order to use a beam4 element &ndash; look at the video again to see how to define\/create a line body.&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;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-367043","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/367043","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/367043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":367061,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/replies\/367043\/revisions\/367061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}