{"id":160037,"date":"2021-07-02T14:03:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T14:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/license-limit-of-125k-elements-nodes-and-surf-elements\/"},"modified":"2021-07-08T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T10:27:00","slug":"license-limit-of-125k-elements-nodes-and-surf-elements","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/license-limit-of-125k-elements-nodes-and-surf-elements\/","title":{"rendered":"License limit of 125k elements\/nodes and SURF elements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"Item-Body\">\n<div class=\"Message userContent\">\n<p>Hello all,<\/p>\n<p>I am using the student version of Ansys 2021 R1, which limits the number of nodes and elements to 125k each.<\/p>\n<p>I&#039;ve worked out my mesh to be under 125k (more precisely 110k elements and 90k nodes). Tried a simple simulation with gravity only and obtained results.<\/p>\n<p>However, when applying hydrostatic pressure, the following error appears: <\/p>\n<p><strong>Your product license has numerical problem size limits, you have exceeded these problem size limits and the solver cannot proceed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My assumption is that the Pressure object creates SURF154 elements above the shell elements in order to apply the load. And these new elements add to the count, surpassing the limit. Is this correct? If so, is the only way to solve it making the mesh more coarse?<\/p>\n<p>any insight is helpful! thanks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-160037","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-2021-r1-1","topic-tag-elements","topic-tag-mesh","topic-tag-shell-elements"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_author_ip":[""],"_bbp_old_reply_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_reply_anonymous_id":["false"],"_btv_view_count":["11000"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_bbp_subscription":["232918"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["160037"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27784"],"_bbp_engagement":["199","186528"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["8"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["184250"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["184250"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2021-07-08 10:27:00"]},"test":"floatingstones"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/160037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/160037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}