{"id":356857,"date":"2024-03-13T13:22:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T13:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/errors-with-topology-analysis\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T13:22:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T13:22:12","slug":"errors-with-topology-analysis","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/errors-with-topology-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Errors with Topology Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am attempting to run a basic topology optimization run.&nbsp; The analysis is a simple test case based on this youtube video: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rqvYZfLoNQY<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/13-03-2024-1710335920-mceclip2.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Static structural works fine but when attempting to run the topology optimization, I get a couple errors.&nbsp; In Workbench it says &#8220;Update failed for the Setup component in Topology Optimization.&nbsp; Unable to update setup.&nbsp; Unable to write APDL input file.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/13-03-2024-1710335892-mceclip0.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/13-03-2024-1710335971-mceclip3.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Then in Mechanical it says &#8220;An error occurred&nbsp; inside the SOLVER module: general error.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/03\/13-03-2024-1710335900-mceclip1.png\"><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts on what might be wrong?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-356857","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-topology-optimization"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["123180","88"],"_bbp_author_ip":["23.206.193.41"]," _bbp_last_reply_id":["0"]," _bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["512"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["356857"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["88","123180"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["357747"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["357747"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-03-18 21:24:31"]},"test":"daniel-barvenikngc-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/356857","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\/356857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}