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  3. Why did the documentation for MATRIX27 change from ANSYS 10 to ANSYS 11?

Why did the documentation for MATRIX27 change from ANSYS 10 to ANSYS 11?

Tagged: 11, apdl, beams-and-shells, General, Mechanical APDL (f. ANSYS), modeling-and-meshing, structural-mechanics
    • March 17, 2023 at 9:00 am
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      An improved input format for unsymmetric MATRIX27 (KEYOPT(2)=2) was introduced in ANSYS 11.0 and the old format (KEYOPT(2)=1) was undocumented (but still works). The new format allows you to input one complete row at a time. The old way of inputting the upper triangle first was harder to use.

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