{"id":51553,"date":"2021-01-23T23:14:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T23:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/workflow-for-importing-nastran-mesh-directly\/"},"modified":"2021-01-23T23:14:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T23:14:02","slug":"workflow-for-importing-nastran-mesh-directly","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/workflow-for-importing-nastran-mesh-directly\/","title":{"rendered":"Workflow for Importing Nastran Mesh Directly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,nI&#8217;m trying to import a Nastran file directly into Explicit Dynamics. I have read some other posts (\/forum\/discussion\/14809\/i-need-help-please and \/forum\/discussion\/6685\/importing-a-geometry-step-file-and-a-nastran-mesh-into-explicit-dynamics) and have been able to open the nastran file and run a simulation and get results. nHowever, when I use Explicit Dynamics or Mechanical, a new mesh of tetraheadral elements is generated and doesn&#8217;t match the volume mesh of prism elements used in the nastran file. nIn the past, I believe the Workbench toolbox included a Fine Element Modeler, but it is no longer available. Is there a workflow or tool I should use in order to be able to run a simulation with the original nastran mesh preserved?nThank you.n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-51553","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-explicit-dynamics","topic-tag-mesh","topic-tag-mesh-generation","topic-tag-meshing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["23826"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":["\u0018?\u0011'"],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["1618"],"_bbp_subscription":["254107"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["51553"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27814"],"_bbp_engagement":["240","179997"],"_bbp_voice_count":["2"],"_bbp_reply_count":["3"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["139821"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["139821"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2021-01-24 03:36:20"]},"test":"tartan2020x"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/51553","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\/51553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}