{"id":383776,"date":"2024-09-23T15:23:12","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T15:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-use-apdl-script-to-setup-mechanical-project\/"},"modified":"2024-09-23T15:23:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T15:23:12","slug":"how-to-use-apdl-script-to-setup-mechanical-project","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-use-apdl-script-to-setup-mechanical-project\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use apdl script to setup mechanical project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&#8217;m trying to understand how to use APDL to solve a simple dice-shaped volume. I just need to understand the basics.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I put my script inside the Mechanical solution section and set an area as a fixed boundary condition and an area force on the opposite side. The geometry is imported as an IGES file.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The .iges file gets imported, but the geometry section in the tree is still empty, therefore I need to link the geometry inside Workbench to the mechanical analysis. But why? It should be done by the APDL script itself.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Furthermore, Mechanical tells me to add at least one structural load in the tree on the left side manually to make it work, but I did that via APDL?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Inside MAPDL, it&#8217;s working so far, but inside Mechanical, it is not. 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