{"id":455931,"date":"2026-04-07T12:24:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-save-file-as-ansys-mechanical-models-spm\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T12:24:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T12:24:05","slug":"how-to-save-file-as-ansys-mechanical-models-spm","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/how-to-save-file-as-ansys-mechanical-models-spm\/","title":{"rendered":"How to save file as Ansys Mechanical Models (*.spm)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p data-start=&#8221;222&#8243; data-end=&#8221;236&#8243;&gt;Hi everyone,&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;238&#8243; data-end=&#8221;329&#8243;&gt;I just started working with ANSYS Twin Builder and I&rsquo;m having a problem generating a ROM.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;331&#8243; data-end=&#8221;508&#8243;&gt;As I understand it, I can import a Static Structural analysis (for example) into the Digital Twin module in the following order:&lt;br data-start=&#8221;459&#8243; data-end=&#8221;462&#8243;&gt;&lt;strong data-start=&#8221;462&#8243; data-end=&#8221;505&#8243;&gt;ROM &rarr; Product-Specific ROM &rarr; Mechanical<\/strong>.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;510&#8243; data-end=&#8221;591&#8243;&gt;However, it requires a specific file type: &lt;strong data-start=&#8221;553&#8243; data-end=&#8221;588&#8243;&gt;ANSYS Mechanical Models (*.spm)<\/strong>.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;593&#8243; data-end=&#8221;709&#8243;&gt;I&rsquo;ve looked everywhere, but I can&rsquo;t find this file type in the &ldquo;Save As&hellip;&rdquo; or &ldquo;Export&rdquo; options in ANSYS Mechanical.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;711&#8243; data-end=&#8221;751&#8243;&gt;Could anyone please help me with this?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p data-start=&#8221;753&#8243; data-end=&#8221;773&#8243;&gt;Thanks in advance!&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-455931","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansysworkbench-ansys-staticstructural","topic-tag-Twinbuilder-1"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27794"],"_bbp_topic_id":["455931"],"_bbp_subscription":["673090","18229"],"_bbp_author_ip":["85.9.201.111"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["456044"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["456044"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-04-08 15:25:27"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["673090","18229"],"_btv_view_count":["33"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"andr1nik2937agmail-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/455931","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\/455931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}