{"id":456541,"date":"2026-04-16T03:56:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/open-up-workbench-lsdyna-to-change-how-it-works\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T03:56:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:56:41","slug":"open-up-workbench-lsdyna-to-change-how-it-works","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/open-up-workbench-lsdyna-to-change-how-it-works\/","title":{"rendered":"open up workbench LSDYNA to change how it works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;I like to ask if it&#8217;s possible for Ansys to share how exactly does workbench LSDYNA writes out certain keywords and how I can create my own version of writing out input deck.&nbsp; &nbsp;For example, I like to create an object that writes out the *node keyword based on a set of (x,y,z) coordinate based on a coordinate system that I created.&nbsp; &nbsp; This *Node wouldn&#8217;t be a real node in the GUI but it will show up as a node in LSPP because *NODE exists.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;there are many other examples I like to do myself.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am considering writing my own ACT extension to change the behavior of workbench LSDYNA but I would really like to have a place to start, as opposed to starting with nothing.&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Would it be possible to share something?&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-456541","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27814"],"_bbp_topic_id":["456541"],"_bbp_author_ip":["2601:447:c17f:9600:8d91:3278:af44:23fd"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["456637"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["456637"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-04-18 00:25:34"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_engagement":["480261","58821"],"_btv_view_count":["116"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_subscription":["58821","480261"]},"test":"64872acced255c930764e49420794aef51a32d56"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/456541","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\/456541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}