Error Reading Tutorial .inp files

- October 11, 2018 at 5:23 pm
  
  BSwartzell
  Subscriber
  
  Hello,
  
  I am having trouble opening a .inp file in ANSYS. The file is one of the tutorial files from "4.1 Magnetic Analysis of a Solenoid Actuator" in ANSYS Help Veiwer, which I attached a screenshot of. The file itself is given when one downloads ANSYS and is located here:
  
  "drive" ANSYS Incv182ansysdatamodels
  
  The file is called "solenoid.inp"
  
  When I open it I get the error code "unkown file type". I've heard great things about ANSYS and I don't understand why they would put tutorial files in the program that you can't open, as it is very frustrating.
  
  -Ben
- October 11, 2018 at 5:43 pm
  Sandeep Medikonda
  Ansys Employee
  Ben,
  
  I am not sure what is going on at your end but I was just able to open this file without problems:
  
  Are you able to locate and open that particular file in a text editor? Do you see anything in it? Its located at this location on a windows machine:
```
C:Program FilesANSYS Incv182ansysdatamodels
```
  The code in this file is really small, try either inputting these commands or saving them in a file and opening it again.
  
  /PREP7
  
  RECTNG,0,2.75,0,0.75,
  
  /PNUM,KP,0
  
  /PNUM,LINE,0
  
  /PNUM,AREA,1
  
  /PNUM,VOLU,0
  
  /PNUM,NODE,0
  
  /PNUM,TABN,0
  
  /PNUM,SVAL,0
  
  /NUMBER,0
  
  !*
  
  /PNUM,ELEM,0
  
  /REPLOT
  
  !*
  
  RECTNG,0,2.75,0.75,3.5,
  
  RECTNG,0.75,2.25,0,4.5,
  
  RECTNG,1,2,1,3,
  
  RECTNG,0,2.75,0,3.75,
  
  RECTNG,0,2.75,0,4.5,
  
  FLST,2,6,5,ORDE,2
  
  FITEM,2,1
  
  FITEM,2,-6
  
  AOVLAP,P51X
  
  SAVE
  
  Regards,
  Sandeep
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- October 21, 2018 at 9:27 pm
  
  BSwartzell
  Subscriber
  
  Thanks!

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