How to add Beam cross section properties to imported mesh?

[DrBwts]

I have a mesh that was imported from Abaqus but the beam cross section data is missing. As a result the structural model omits the beam elements.

How do I access the beam cross section data in Ansys? I cant find any way to do it in the FE Modeler, Mechanical Model or Mesh modules so far

 

[Erik Panos Kostson]

As far as my understanding goes, in workbench cross sections are defined in DesignModeler (DM).

Since you are importing a mesh, you cannot use that; unless you get geometry (lines), instead of a mesh, which can then be imported to DM.

If you want to use this mesh, the only way I can think of is to go from FE modeller to APDL, assign the sections there and solve there.

 

[DrBwts]

Seems like a really fundamental feature to edit element properties, weird.