{"id":387855,"date":"2024-10-02T17:15:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T17:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/challenges-with-importing-complex-geometries-into-ansys-apdl\/"},"modified":"2024-10-02T17:15:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T17:15:26","slug":"challenges-with-importing-complex-geometries-into-ansys-apdl","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/challenges-with-importing-complex-geometries-into-ansys-apdl\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenges with Importing Complex Geometries into ANSYS APDL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hi,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&rsquo;m trying to import some geometry files into&nbsp;<strong>APDL<\/strong>, but it seems impossible to import complex geometries properly. I&rsquo;ve tried formats like&nbsp;<strong>IGES<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>SAT<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>Parasolid<\/strong>, etc., but none of them seem to work well with complex curved geometries. They work for simpler models, but not for more intricate ones.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can anyone confirm if it&rsquo;s really difficult or even impossible to import complex geometries into APDL? Someone mentioned that it&rsquo;s possible to create surface geometries in&nbsp;<strong>SpaceClaim<\/strong>, import them into APDL, and then convert them into volumes inside APDL.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;If none of that works, I&rsquo;ll have to create the geometry directly in APDL, but it&rsquo;s much easier to use something like SpaceClaim for geometry creation&mdash;if only the import would work properly.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;How should I proceed?&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-387855","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-python-ironpython-1","topic-tag-ansys","topic-tag-ansys-apdl","topic-tag-ansys-mechanical-apdl","topic-tag-apdl","topic-tag-cad-import","topic-tag-geometry-import","topic-tag-input-file","topic-tag-input-files"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_subscription":["436298","3937"],"_bbp_author_ip":["79.196.152.10"],"_btv_view_count":["1441"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_topic_id":["387855"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_engagement":["3937","436298"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["4"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["393620"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["393620"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-11-11 16:17:01"]},"test":"bf8fd8388a19830b1b9d2bad00d811edff028f3f"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/387855","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\/387855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}