{"id":457813,"date":"2026-05-07T19:17:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/additional-elements-through-thickness-wo-specifying-edge-of-divisions\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T19:17:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:17:39","slug":"additional-elements-through-thickness-wo-specifying-edge-of-divisions","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/additional-elements-through-thickness-wo-specifying-edge-of-divisions\/","title":{"rendered":"additional elements through thickness w\/o specifying edge # of divisions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;I am working with an axisymmetric spacer component made out of a material which spaces between two components in the axial direction. I am attempting to generate more elements through the thickness of the component without significantly increasing the mesh density (decreasing element size), as this is a portion of a much larger system. In the past, I had been able to put a split line in my model before importing into ANSYS, which gave me an &#8220;edge&#8221; to use an &#8220;edge sizing -&gt; # of divisions&#8221; mesh control. However this has also prevented me from using the &#8220;axisymmetric sweep&#8221; mesh method on this component.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I was wondering if there was a way that I could increase the elements through thickness without using a split line edge and &#8220;# of divisions&#8221; control, so that I can keep the &#8220;axisymmetric sweep&#8221; mesh method on this component?&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am using Ansys Mechanical 26R1. I do <strong>not<\/strong> have access to discovery\/spaceclaim.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/07-05-2026-1778181198-mceclip0.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-457813","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansysworkbench-ansys-staticstructural","topic-tag-elements","topic-tag-meshing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["457813"],"_bbp_subscription":["65888","240","58821"],"_bbp_author_ip":["72.43.62.222"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["457882"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["457882"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-05-08 15:38:09"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_engagement":["65888","240","58821"],"_btv_view_count":["37"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"jbettingergandh-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/457813","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\/457813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}