{"id":459297,"date":"2026-06-04T07:37:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/difference-between-the-sphere-of-influence-and-the-body-of-influence\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T07:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T07:37:14","slug":"difference-between-the-sphere-of-influence-and-the-body-of-influence","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/difference-between-the-sphere-of-influence-and-the-body-of-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"Difference between the sphere of influence and the body of influence."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;Hello,&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am doing static analysis right now and I&#8217;ve realized that the strain results are different when I use sphere of influence instead of body of influence. I&#8217;ve used same element size for both. I am not sure which one is more accurate and I dont know why there is a difference between them. Could you please help me to understand?&nbsp;&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks a lot,&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-459297","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansys-mechanical","topic-tag-body-of-influence-1","topic-tag-mesh"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_forum_id":["27791"],"_bbp_topic_id":["459297"],"_bbp_subscription":["438781","37673","58821"],"_bbp_author_ip":["185.175.148.123"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["459310"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["459310"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2026-06-04 10:39:41"],"_bbp_reply_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_engagement":["438781","37673","58821"],"_btv_view_count":["20"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"]},"test":"z-alincagoupil-ev-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/459297","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\/459297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}