{"id":347247,"date":"2024-01-30T10:38:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T10:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/generation-of-k-file-from-ansys-mechanical-apdl\/"},"modified":"2024-01-30T10:38:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T10:38:25","slug":"generation-of-k-file-from-ansys-mechanical-apdl","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/generation-of-k-file-from-ansys-mechanical-apdl\/","title":{"rendered":"Generation of K file from Ansys Mechanical APDL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone,<\/p>\n<p>While generating a k file for LS Dyna using ANSYS Mechanical APDL, it shows an error the &#8216;element option SHELL 163 was either not ordered with this ansys installation or the appropriate product was not selected for this session&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Do we need a separate license or library of elements apart from the normal license for using explicit dynamic elements?<\/p>\n<p>The code used is as follows:<\/p>\n<p>!Element type<\/p>\n<p>ET,1,SHELL163 &nbsp; &nbsp;!Define element type<br \/>R,1,,,ToutSkin &nbsp; &nbsp;!Real number 1<br \/>R,4,,,ToutSkinS<\/p>\n<p>ET,2,BEAM161,1,2,,0,0 &nbsp; &nbsp;!Define element type<br \/>R,2,,Dtruss,Dtruss,Dtruss,Dtruss !diameter of the barge bow inner truss<\/p>\n<p>ET,3,SOLID164<\/p>\n<p>ET,4,MASS166<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-347247","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-k-model-1","topic-tag-explicitdynamicssolverautodyne-1","topic-tag-apdl","topic-tag-beams-and-shells","topic-tag-transient"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["338039","170445","338200"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.206.193.59"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1615"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["347247"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27796"],"_bbp_engagement":["170445","338039"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["348020"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["348020"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-01-31 19:39:17"]},"test":"pramod-babulal-solankiuni-weimar-de"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/347247","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\/347247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}