{"id":456061,"date":"2026-04-08T16:55:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/node-cohesion-in-result-view-inconsistent\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:55:20","slug":"node-cohesion-in-result-view-inconsistent","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/node-cohesion-in-result-view-inconsistent\/","title":{"rendered":"Node cohesion in Result View inconsistent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello, I am calculating axial forces in the link elements of a truss structure. I have used an APDL snippet to merge the nodes of all the links together (at the bottom of the post). When I solve the model, I do not get any error messages. Also, when the view is set to &#8220;Thick Shells and Beams&#8221;, everything seems fine (see fig. 1).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;However, when I disable &#8220;Thick Shells and Beams&#8221;, the elements seem to be all over the place (fig. 2).&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Are my results somehow influenced by that or is this a mere display feature?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thanks in advance&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/08-04-2026-1775667166-Fig. 1.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;br&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/08-04-2026-1775667222-Fig .2.png\" alt=\"\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;APDL Command:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;\/PREP7&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;! 1. Select everything to ensure the merge affects the whole model&lt;br&gt;ALLSEL, ALL&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;! 2. Merge Nodes&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;NUMMRG, NODE, 0.020, , , LOW&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;! 3. Compress Node Numbers (Cleanup)&lt;br&gt;NUMCMP, NODE&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;! 4. Merge Elements (Optional but recommended for trusses)&lt;br&gt;NUMMRG, ELEM&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;! 5. Return control to solver&lt;br&gt;ALLSEL, ALL&lt;br&gt;FINISH&lt;br&gt;\/SOLU&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-456061","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-apdl","topic-tag-apdl","topic-tag-display-problem-1","topic-tag-merge","topic-tag-post-processing-display-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["456061"],"_bbp_subscription":["673658","58821"],"_bbp_author_ip":["149.205.90.124"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["456107"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["456107"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-04-09 05:53:45"],"_bbp_reply_count":["1"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["673658","58821"],"_btv_view_count":["18"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"nikita-falkestud-hs-merseburg-de"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/456061","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\/456061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}