{"id":382685,"date":"2024-09-14T12:37:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T12:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/update-failed-for-the-mesh-component-in-mesh-unable-to-attach-to-geometry-file\/"},"modified":"2024-09-14T12:42:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T12:42:13","slug":"update-failed-for-the-mesh-component-in-mesh-unable-to-attach-to-geometry-file","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/update-failed-for-the-mesh-component-in-mesh-unable-to-attach-to-geometry-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Update failed for the Mesh component in Mesh. Unable to attach to geometry file"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am currently trying to mesh a 2D stl file. After importing the stl file into SpaceClaim, when I go to update the Mesh component in Workbench I get the following error: &#8220;Update failed for the Mesh component in Mesh. &nbsp;Unable to attach to geometry file C:\\PATH\\TO\\PROJECT\\Airfoil\\Ansys\\Airfoil_files\\dp0\\SYS\\DM\\SYS.scdoc. Unable to attach geometry.&#8221; This error gives me very minimal information needed to begin assessing what I did wrong. Is it a setting in Workbench? Did I upload the stl wrong? Is the stl valid? I have no clue what is wrong.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;How can I get a more detailed error? 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