{"id":435470,"date":"2025-06-26T13:16:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T13:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/user-defined-layout-question\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T13:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T13:16:24","slug":"user-defined-layout-question","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/user-defined-layout-question\/","title":{"rendered":"User Defined Layout question"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello everyone.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In Ansys Mechanical, I have setup my layout with the windows I like in the locations and sizes I like and then I saved the layout. However every time I click an entry under the System node of the Outline (fixed support, acceleration, etc) the layout reverts back to the default. I then have to manually change the layout back to my saved layout. Is that normal? Am I missing a step when I setup and save my custom layout? If this is normal then I think it defeats the purpose of saved custom layouts. I am running 2024 R2.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-435470","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-layout","topic-tag-mechanical"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["435470"],"_bbp_subscription":["183555","54202"],"_bbp_author_ip":["4.39.112.198"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["435642"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["435642"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2025-06-30 08:45:38"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["183555","54202"],"_btv_view_count":["452"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"ericmergen"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/435470","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\/435470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}