{"id":43484,"date":"2020-05-01T13:37:26","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T13:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/beam-and-link\/"},"modified":"2020-05-01T13:37:26","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T13:37:26","slug":"beam-and-link","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/beam-and-link\/","title":{"rendered":"Beam and Link"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why does changing the code from Beam to Link lead to an error when I try to solve&gt;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>*get , crosssection ,SECP ,matid ,PROP , AREA ! Read area property from geometry into variable crosssection<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>ET ,matid , LINK180 ! Assign element type LINK180<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>SECTYPE , matid , LINK ! Associates section type link<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>SECDATA , crosssection ! Provide area data to link<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Also..Why does sizing solve this problem?<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Also what is the basic difference between beam and link element and how to decide which one is<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>suitable for our particular case?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-43484","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["15665"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["2154"],"_bbp_subscription":["250741"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["43484"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27790"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","176579"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["114102"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["114102"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2020-05-11 07:36:09"]},"test":"ansysquestions2995"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/43484","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\/43484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}