{"id":35897,"date":"2019-06-12T11:57:10","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T11:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/change-element-type-using-apdl-command\/"},"modified":"2019-06-12T11:57:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T11:57:10","slug":"change-element-type-using-apdl-command","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/change-element-type-using-apdl-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Change Element type using APDL command"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Hi all,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>getting started with APDL Commands in Workbench, I tried to change the element type:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; I inserted a command block under the geometry where I want to change the element<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; I used the command: &#8220;ET,matid,SOLID186&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Now it says &#8220;ELEMENT TYPE&nbsp;&nbsp; 20 IS SOLID186. KEYOPT(2) IS ALREADY SET AS SUGGESTED.&#8221; in my solver output.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>But Workbench is showing a different element (SOLID185) after the mesh generation.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>How can I make sure that Ansys follows my command?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Greetings<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Johnson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-35897","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["8069"],"_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"],"_btv_view_count":["5583"],"_bbp_subscription":["239157"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["35897"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["156586","163090"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["86912"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["86912"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2019-06-12 15:00:38"]},"test":"johnson"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/35897","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\/35897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}