Mesh the cross section of a beam in ANSYS Mechanical

- March 25, 2022 at 1:58 pm
  
  TomPhemmy
  Subscriber
  
  In ANSYS Mechanical, the default cross section mesh for beams with circular cross section is 8 divisions along the circumference and 2 divisions along the radius as shown below :
- March 29, 2022 at 12:51 pm
  
  Rahul Kumbhar
  Ansys Employee
  
  I assume you are okay using APDL commands In Mechanical. You can insert command object under the line geometry and add the coomands to change the secdata.
- March 29, 2022 at 12:55 pm
  
  TomPhemmy
  Subscriber
  
  thank you for this information. I have noticed that this works. But why does ANSYS Mechanical not render the new section like APDL does?
- March 29, 2022 at 12:58 pm
  
  Rahul Kumbhar
  Ansys Employee
  
  The reason is these commands are executed while solving in background not in GUI.
- March 29, 2022 at 1:00 pm
  
  TomPhemmy
  Subscriber
  
  Good to know; thank you.

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