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[sara_01]

Hi everyone!

I try to explain my problem.

On APDL I have a volumetric mesh consisting of 9 parts and all these parts have elements of the 'mesh200' type. I want to convert 'mesh200' to 'Solid187'. To do this conversion i used these commands:

Preprocessor --> Element Type --> ADD Element --> Solid 10 node 187

nsel,all

emodif,all,type,10

esel,all

emid,add,all

In the APDL window the commands have been executed and has not reported me errors, but the mesh has not changed. So I would like to know if there is a way to understand if the conversion has taken place.

Thanks to those who will answer!

[Rahul Kumbhar]

The script should be something as below
fini
/prep7
et, 100, 187 ! define element type 187
esel, s, ename, , 200! select elements of Mesh200
emodif, all, type, 100! reclassify elements 200 as 187
esel, s, ename, 187! select elements of name 187
emid, add, all! add mid side nodes to selected elements
fini

[sara_01]

I've tried and now it works. Thank you very much for helping!

[Rahul Kumbhar]

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