{"id":51683,"date":"2021-01-28T09:49:35","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T09:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/can-i-do-2d-analysis-on-a-3d-structure-in-ansys-explicit\/"},"modified":"2021-01-28T09:49:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T09:49:35","slug":"can-i-do-2d-analysis-on-a-3d-structure-in-ansys-explicit","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/can-i-do-2d-analysis-on-a-3d-structure-in-ansys-explicit\/","title":{"rendered":"Can i do 2D analysis on a 3D structure in ANSYS explicit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to reduce the number of elements and time required to simulated an impact, I have turned to simulate it in 2D which assumes that its thick in the Z-axis, however when I try to convert the 3D structure into 2D in DesignModeller it always gives me the same error: No valid bodies found; attach failednSO instead right now I&#8217;m just making the Z-axis be as thin as the predicted convergence mesh size neg : convergence mesh size is 0.33mm, so my Z-axis is 0.33mm thick nWould my alternative method work? or would there be issues that I am too inexperienced to notice?n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-51683","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry","topic-tag-2d","topic-tag-explicit-dynamics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["23956"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":["?\u0643\u0012"],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0"],"_btv_view_count":["3256"],"_bbp_subscription":["257519"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["51683"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27814"],"_bbp_engagement":["61","183387","250685"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["7"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["231445"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["231445"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2022-03-07 08:41:57"]},"test":"djtan"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/51683","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\/51683\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}