{"id":408684,"date":"2025-02-06T15:30:58","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T15:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ls-dyna-basics-surface-mesh-to-volume-mesh\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T15:30:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T15:30:58","slug":"ls-dyna-basics-surface-mesh-to-volume-mesh","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/ls-dyna-basics-surface-mesh-to-volume-mesh\/","title":{"rendered":"LS DYNA Basics &#8211; Surface Mesh to Volume Mesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello,&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is my first time using LS DYNA and I am finding the layout a bit confusing. I have a surface mesh (.stl) and want to convert it to a volume mesh. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this? Also, any suggestions or recommendations on beginner learning material for LS DYNA would be really appreciated.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-408684","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ls-prepost","topic-tag-meshed-volumes","topic-tag-surface-meshing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27814"],"_bbp_topic_id":["408684"],"_bbp_subscription":["512107","13468"],"_bbp_author_ip":["143.167.175.67"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["408701"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["408701"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-02-06 16:48:12"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["512107","13468"],"_btv_view_count":["333"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"fprice3sheffield-ac-uk"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/408684","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\/408684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}