{"id":361110,"date":"2024-04-08T13:06:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T13:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/simulation-only-working-with-tri3-elements\/"},"modified":"2024-04-08T13:06:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T13:06:04","slug":"simulation-only-working-with-tri3-elements","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/simulation-only-working-with-tri3-elements\/","title":{"rendered":"Simulation only working with TRI3 elements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>I have a geometry that I&#8217;m trying to mesh in Siemens NX. The problem is that the simulation I want to perform does not work if I&#8217;m using anything other than TRI3 elements, i.e. TRI6, QUAD4 and QUAD8. Either the geometry when imported in Dyna looks completely weird, or it looks fine but the simulation doesn&#8217;t go through as it should (the geometry &#8216;disappears&#8217; immediately in the d3plot file). I&#8217;m sure there are more details to be mentioned that I can tell you if needed, but this is the main problem.<\/p>\n<p>Any tips on why this might be? Thanks in advance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-361110","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-ls_dyna-1","topic-tag-nx-geometry-1","topic-tag-quad-1","topic-tag-triangular-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hi,I have a geometry that I&#039;m trying to mesh in Siemens NX. The problem is that the simulation I want to perform does not work if I&#039;m using anything other than TRI3 elements, i.e. TRI6, QUAD4 and QUAD8. 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