{"id":32139,"date":"2018-12-14T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T00:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/polygon-size-in-ansys-classic-vs-spaceclaim\/"},"modified":"2018-12-14T00:01:04","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T00:01:04","slug":"polygon-size-in-ansys-classic-vs-spaceclaim","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/polygon-size-in-ansys-classic-vs-spaceclaim\/","title":{"rendered":"Polygon size in ANSYS Classic vs SpaceClaim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m trying to reproduce <strong>Example 10.3<\/strong> from the book <strong>Finite Element Analysis <\/strong>(3rd Edition) by <em>Saeed Moaveni. <\/em>The book&nbsp;uses ANSYS Classic but I am building the model&nbsp;in SpaceClaim.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/3e825b35-df61-45f5-9693-a81101684b62\/4050fb0a-cbac-4db9-8ba2-a9b50187eba2_bike-wrench.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Note the hexagon in the center has sides with 9 mm length. The issue is that when I build this geometry in SpaceClaim, and compare it with the result in the book, the size of the polygon in SpaceClaim looks larger than the size shown in the book. I put the two solutions side-by-side and made the 3 cm lengths equal. Look at how much larger the polygons are in the lower figure, which is the SpaceClaim geometry.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6032193\/uploads\/attachments\/3e825b35-df61-45f5-9693-a81101684b62\/31cfc5df-b5e7-4848-9347-a9b5018a4b32_000451.jpg?width=690&amp;upscale=false\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The larger polygon obviously allows a larger deformation under the same load.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I would appreciate it if&nbsp;someone with ANSYS Classic skills would create the model geometry and attach it to a reply so I can see if ANSYS Classic gives the same size polygon as SpaceClaim.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Regards,<br \/>Peter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-32139","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["4311"],"_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":["828"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["32139"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27789"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","16012"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["72383"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["72383"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2018-12-14 01:13:57"]},"test":"peteroznewman"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/32139","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\/32139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}