Extracting meshed region without .rst file

[KristianKvistIbsen]

Hi all,
I am wondering if it is possible to extract a meshed region from an ANSYS mechanical session without first issuing a solve command, to obtain a .rst file.

I am willing to use any available functionaliy; it may just as well be with pyMechanical.

Thanks in advance !

[mikerife]

Hi @KristianKvistIbsen
The title and question are at odds; do you want an rst file that is empty of results but contains the mesh? What will you be doing with the result file that has no results?

You could constrain every node in the Mechanical model to have 0 displacement, and also write out no results except nodal displacements, and do a solve. The solve should go fast since you have defined every displacement and are not calculating any derived quantities (strain, stress etc).

Mike