The status of a body is indicated by the small check mark or x next to the body icon in the Tree Outline. The status of a body can be one of the following types:
Visible: The body is visible on screen. It
is denoted by a green check mark.
Hidden: The body is not visible on screen.
It is denoted by a light green check mark.
Suppressed: Suppressed bodies do not get sent
to the Mechanical application for analysis, nor are they included in the model when exporting
to a format other than .agdb. In
the Tree Outline, a blue x is shown next to suppressed
bodies. Unlike the behavior in the Mechanical application, suppressed bodies
are included in the statistics of its owning part and/or overall model
statistics. Hint: To suppress bodies when attaching to a plug-in, it is
best to leave all bodies unsuppressed in the CAD program, then suppress
them in the Ansys DesignModeler application. Note: Suppressing bodies in such a way that it results in adding or deleting parts to or from the Ansys DesignModeler application, while the model is attached as an active CAD model in the Mechanical application, may result in lost associativities on the part level. While hidden or suppressed bodies are not displayed, unless they are set to "frozen", they will still be processed by Booleans and other operations in the Ansys DesignModeler application.
The bodies created by the Share Topology operation cannot be suppressed. If you mark such bodies for suppression, the Share Topology feature is marked for regeneration. On generation of the Share Topology feature the new bodies are always seen as unsuppressed bodies.
Error: This error appears when a line body
contains edges that have invalid alignment and/or the Shared Topology
method set for body is not valid with respect to other bodies in the
Part. This means that a cross section cannot be oriented on an edge
because the edge's alignment vector is parallel to the edge's direction. See Cross Section Alignment for more information about line edge
alignment.
Error: This error appears when the Shared Topology method
for a solid or sheet body is not valid with respect to other bodies
in the Part.
Error: This error can occur for
a number of reasons as shown below.Invalid alignment (as above for Line Body).
Winding body contains edges other than Line or Arc/Circle. If this body gets transferred to the Mechanical application, it cannot be properly meshed.
The body's edge directions are invalid. Because the edge directions define the current flow, the directions must be consistent throughout the winding body. You can see edge alignments using View: Show Cross Section Alignments. You can select the edges (Selection Filter: Line Edge) and choose Reverse Orientation to reverse the direction on an edge.
Three or more edges meet at one vertex. The winding body must form a simple loop, so each vertex must connect to exactly two edges.
Winding body is not a closed path.
Similar to features, when a warning or error is indicated on a body, you can now right click on it in the Tree Outline and choose Show Errors to get more information. Also, bodies showing an error icon will NOT be transferred to the Mechanical application.
Other Body topics: