APDL element and geometry associativity

- July 15, 2019 at 6:23 am
  
  Rashi
  Subscriber
  
  Hi all,
  
  I have generated a 3d mesh in APDL by rotating a meshed cross-section in APDL. The issue is the generated volume does not have a volume number. Also, when I select a face in the new volume and try to select the elements associated with the area APDL does to give any elements selected.
  
  I want to know how can I keep the associativity with the new 3d mesh and 3d volume?
  
  Thanks.
  
  Best regards,
  
  Rashiga
- July 15, 2019 at 12:45 pm
  
  jj77
  Subscriber
  
  Can you explain more. You say you have a mesh by rotating a 2D mesh? To generate a 2D mesh one meshes an AREA (AMESH), not a volume. So where does the volume come in - explain the steps you take and what you get and what is missing.
- July 24, 2019 at 7:30 am
  
  Rashi
  Subscriber
  
  jj77,
  
  Thank you for your reply. Yes, I used "AMESH" to mesh the 2d surface and used "VROTAT" to mesh rotate the 2d mesh into a 3d mesh. But when I use "VPLOT" I can see a volume.

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