Check this option to write out files required by Ansys Mechanical if you want an alternate method to perform cutoff, or if you want to simulate a prescribed cutoff sequence in Mechanical. One zipped file, sim#-mapdl.zip, is written and it includes the following individual files:
Model.cdb: A file containing mesh, material, and named selection information. (In Mechanical, named selections allow you to group similar geometry or meshing entities.)
States.ist: A file containing Additive Print's on-plate end-state information (elastic strains, plastic strains, and accumulated equivalent plastic strain). This will provide the initial stress state for subsequent processing in Mechanical.
Knockdowns.ist: A file containing element (voxel) density information.
Displacements.csv: A file containing Additive Print's on-plate end-state displacements.
For details on how to use these files in Mechanical, read our additional instructions here.