There, you can search matid and find its value. You can also right-click on 'Solution', -> 'Open solver file directory', there is a ds.dat file which is the input file. However, to make the model run, you still need another line to define the section area, like this:Īfter you run the simulation, you can check the 'Solution information'-> 'Solver output' whether you have correctly defined the element type. The third row defines a section type, which defines a LINK section type, and the type id is MATID. However, LINK180 does not have keyopt(3), it only has keyopt(2) and keyopt(12) according to Ansys documentation I linked below. It is used to change some element related properties. The APDL window will open and there you can see your nodes. The second row is to change the key option of the link element. Start Post-Processing APDL Model in Ansys Mechanical, go to /POST1, and use the File command. One of the most powerful things about ANSYS Mechanical is the fact that it creates an input file of APDL commands that is sent to ANSYS Mechanical APDL (MAPDL) to solve. What it does is to change your beam element type to 'LINK180'. The first row of command means defines an element type (ET). If you insert a command snippet to a part in Mechanical, in the comments of that snippet, you can see that MATID is the 'material number used for this body'. Hopefully, this response is not too late.
