The 1st image shows the moment when I import my design(IGES) into the Mechanical APDL. The 2nd image occurs when I wanted to Operate>Boolean>Divide Volume By Area. The design is a regular pipe with 2000mm in length and a small defect. I wanted to section the defective area so that I could create a much smaller mesh in the area. I have also tried a simple drawing of a pipe which was press pulled in AutoCAD and imported to Mechanical APDL, it shows another problem on the 3rd image. How do I make ADPL read my design as a volume if that makes sense? Please help me assess what might the reason for these errors to occur.
Dear Shamshul
have you tried Ansys workbench? I think it will be easy to model and analyze.
Could you please elaborate more about your work? maybe I can help.
all the best.
Hello Shamshul,
The application requires a defined volume. If you are trying to determine the volume of the interior of the pipe, the application may require that the open ends of the pipe are closed in order to meet the requirement of a “defined volume”. Or, if you are trying to determine the volume of the solid part of the pipe, perhaps the defect has introduced a discontinuity in the surface that prevents the application from seeing a “defined” volume.
After the importation of IGES file, ANSYS has detected only the keypoints and lines of your model, to verify issue plot----> volumes, if no volumes appeared you can rebuild them from your keypoints or lines. Otherwise you need to verify your IGES file or the import operation for any error during the import.
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