Change SOLID185 to SOLID186 in ANSYS

[krisneosam]

Hi,

I have a mesh with solid (SOLID185) and shell (SHELL181) elements. I would like to change the SOLID185 3D-8-node with element type number 3 to SOLID186 with 20nodes. I have tried to add midnodes by using

Main Menu>Preprocessor>Modeling>Move / Modify>Elements>Add Mid Nodes

and selecting only solid185 elements, but it didn't help.

Am I missing anything here?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Krishna

 

[501560789]

It is impossible for proper change element type after mesh in Ansys.

 

[krisneosam]

I just figured it out. You can add another element type solid186 and replace solid185 elements with solid186 using modelling>move/modify>elements>modifymesh and then add midnodes. Later you can delete the solid185 elements.

- Krishna