{"id":29470,"date":"2018-06-11T23:25:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T23:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/external-data-mapping-data-points-in-mechanical\/"},"modified":"2018-06-11T23:25:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T23:25:44","slug":"external-data-mapping-data-points-in-mechanical","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/external-data-mapping-data-points-in-mechanical\/","title":{"rendered":"External Data &#8211; Mapping Data Points in Mechanical"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey all,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I have an issue with using the Imported Displacement feature in Mechanical. Briefly, I&#8217;m attempting to model the motion of a wall by using the External Data module in Workbench, and then import this into Mechanical. I will map x-y data points (not mesh nodes) onto my Mechanical mesh, and use the Imported Displacement option to move. The Mechanical model is a 3D wall, approximately 1 mm in thickness and extruded out by 1 mm.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I can import my data points very easily, as shown in the first figure. I have appropriately calculated the displacement and have set this up in Mechanical. My issue lies in the mapping function. Regardless of what settings I use, when I run my simulation the results show a highly distorted mesh (second figure). Any recommendations would be much appreciated!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I understand this isn&#8217;t a lot to go on, so I will be more than happy to provide further details about my setup.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/9c159581-20ac-4a4a-bd9e-a8fc017d7684\/b325dad8-8bc9-4644-88d0-a8fc0181e564_nodes.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"2D points that are mapped on a 3D body.\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/9c159581-20ac-4a4a-bd9e-a8fc017d7684\/160de601-9268-4835-a6e1-a8fc01821282_movement.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"This is a nicer attempt. However notice the extreme distortion on the lower right corner. \"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-29470","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["1639"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0","0","0","0","0"],"_btv_view_count":["2978"],"_bbp_subscription":["236293"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["29470"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","157271"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["11"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["59452"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["59452"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2018-06-13 19:58:52"]},"test":"rd2016"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/29470","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\/29470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}