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Ansys "invalid Volume" error when soliving

Ansys "invalid Volume" error when soliving

Ansys "invalid Volume" error when soliving

(OP)
Hi, we now have an open Ansys license at work and I'm trying to get some work done before we can afford a class later this year.

Problem with an "invalid volume" error on solving.

using workbench trying to look at a sprung member in this case a suspension component.  I used a parasolid input and everything seems great and goes perfectly along with the internet tutorial (granted i'm using my own model instead of the supplied bike crank).

Meshes great - i've aslo done it manually by merging the entities and giving a good tolerance, but not point since it meshes so well in workbench. everthing seems fine, i define a single loading to one face only in Z direction, add a couple load constraints and then i attempt to run the solver - it just ends and states 'invalid volume'.. ideas??  
 

RE: Ansys "invalid Volume" error when soliving

(OP)
OK that was easy, i just re-loaded the parasolid back into solidworks, then saved AGAIN over the parasolid file a second time so it was a double saved parasolid and boom.. error gone!

hope someone else has the same issue and can benefit.

i think double saving the parasolid fixes some type of tolerance or something.. ??

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