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Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US)

Mon, Feb 16, 2026 1:06 PM

Hi,

Anyone else see this?

I think I first noticed this in 19.5. In the main menu when I pick on Preprocessor>element type>add/edit/delete no window pops up and the session is stuck. You have to restart ansys to get back to work.

Dan Bohlen
Senior Engineer, Stress Analysis
Compliance Ambassador and Section Focal
GE Aerospace
1 Neumann Way
Evendale, OH 45215 USA

Hi, Anyone else see this? I think I first noticed this in 19.5. In the main menu when I pick on Preprocessor>element type>add/edit/delete no window pops up and the session is stuck. You have to restart ansys to get back to work. Dan Bohlen Senior Engineer, Stress Analysis Compliance Ambassador and Section Focal GE Aerospace 1 Neumann Way Evendale, OH 45215 USA

MR

Matthew Ridzon, PE

Mon, Feb 16, 2026 1:14 PM

I have not noticed it locking up for me. But have you tried the button in the ribbon to "raise hidden" objects? It is just to the right of the white command entry bar. It's possible the window opened, but is hidden behind the main GUI. And if you're not aware of the "raise hidden" button, you may think the only option is to restart the software.

-Matt

-----Original Message-----
From: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) via Xansys xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2026 8:06 AM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com
Subject: [Xansys] Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys locks up

Hi,

Anyone else see this?

I think I first noticed this in 19.5. In the main menu when I pick on Preprocessor>element type>add/edit/delete no window pops up and the session is stuck. You have to restart ansys to get back to work.

Dan Bohlen
Senior Engineer, Stress Analysis
Compliance Ambassador and Section Focal
GE Aerospace
1 Neumann Way
Evendale, OH 45215 USA

Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day.

Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list

I have not noticed it locking up for me. But have you tried the button in the ribbon to "raise hidden" objects? It is just to the right of the white command entry bar. It's possible the window opened, but is hidden behind the main GUI. And if you're not aware of the "raise hidden" button, you may think the only option is to restart the software. -Matt -----Original Message----- From: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) via Xansys <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2026 8:06 AM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) <dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com> Subject: [Xansys] Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys locks up Hi, Anyone else see this? I think I first noticed this in 19.5. In the main menu when I pick on Preprocessor>element type>add/edit/delete no window pops up and the session is stuck. You have to restart ansys to get back to work. Dan Bohlen Senior Engineer, Stress Analysis Compliance Ambassador and Section Focal GE Aerospace 1 Neumann Way Evendale, OH 45215 USA _______________________________________________ Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list

BD

Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US)

Mon, Feb 16, 2026 1:38 PM

BTW I have tried the "raise hidden" button. There's actually no window to raise - if there was I'd see it on my task bar.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) via Xansys xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2026 8:06 AM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com
Subject: EXT: [Xansys] Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys locks up

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Hi,

Anyone else see this?

I think I first noticed this in 19.5. In the main menu when I pick on Preprocessor>element type>add/edit/delete no window pops up and the session is stuck. You have to restart ansys to get back to work.

Dan Bohlen
Senior Engineer, Stress Analysis
Compliance Ambassador and Section Focal
GE Aerospace
1 Neumann Way
Evendale, OH 45215 USA

Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day.

Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list

BTW I have tried the "raise hidden" button. There's actually no window to raise - if there was I'd see it on my task bar. -----Original Message----- From: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) via Xansys <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2026 8:06 AM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) <dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com> Subject: EXT: [Xansys] Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys locks up WARNING: This email originated from outside of GE. Please validate the sender's email address before clicking on links or attachments as they may not be safe.NOTE: This e-mail was sent to your old ge.com e-mail address. Please inform the sender of your new e-mail address. Hi, Anyone else see this? I think I first noticed this in 19.5. In the main menu when I pick on Preprocessor>element type>add/edit/delete no window pops up and the session is stuck. You have to restart ansys to get back to work. Dan Bohlen Senior Engineer, Stress Analysis Compliance Ambassador and Section Focal GE Aerospace 1 Neumann Way Evendale, OH 45215 USA _______________________________________________ Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list

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Iker Gomez

Mon, Feb 16, 2026 2:15 PM

I noticed it on 2021r2 and 2023r2.
Not only when editing/listing element types but it keeps frozen.
Even ctrl+shift+del does not resolve the issue. Only restarting mapdl.

Iker Gómez

El lun, 16 de feb de 2026, 07:39, Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) via Xansys
xansys-temp@list.xansys.org escribió:

BTW I have tried the "raise hidden" button. There's actually no window
to raise - if there was I'd see it on my task bar.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) via Xansys <
xansys-temp@list.xansys.org>
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2026 8:06 AM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com
Subject: EXT: [Xansys] Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys locks up

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sender's email address before clicking on links or attachments as they may
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Hi,

Anyone else see this?

I think I first noticed this in 19.5. In the main menu when I pick on
Preprocessor>element type>add/edit/delete no window pops up and the session
is stuck. You have to restart ansys to get back to work.

Dan Bohlen
Senior Engineer, Stress Analysis
Compliance Ambassador and Section Focal
GE Aerospace
1 Neumann Way
Evendale, OH 45215 USA

Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an
email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many
emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode
which will send a single email per day.

Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to
xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list

Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org
If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing
account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day.

Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to
xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list

I noticed it on 2021r2 and 2023r2. Not only when editing/listing element types but it keeps frozen. Even ctrl+shift+del does not resolve the issue. Only restarting mapdl. Iker Gómez El lun, 16 de feb de 2026, 07:39, Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) via Xansys <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> escribió: > BTW I have tried the "raise hidden" button. There's actually no window > to raise - if there was I'd see it on my task bar. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) via Xansys < > xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2026 8:06 AM > To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> > Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) <dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com> > Subject: EXT: [Xansys] Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys locks up > > WARNING: This email originated from outside of GE. Please validate the > sender's email address before clicking on links or attachments as they may > not be safe.NOTE: This e-mail was sent to your old ge.com e-mail address. > Please inform the sender of your new e-mail address. > > Hi, > > Anyone else see this? > > I think I first noticed this in 19.5. In the main menu when I pick on > Preprocessor>element type>add/edit/delete no window pops up and the session > is stuck. You have to restart ansys to get back to work. > > Dan Bohlen > Senior Engineer, Stress Analysis > Compliance Ambassador and Section Focal > GE Aerospace > 1 Neumann Way > Evendale, OH 45215 USA > > _______________________________________________ > Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an > email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many > emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode > which will send a single email per day. > > Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to > xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list > _______________________________________________ > Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org > To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org > If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing > account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. > > Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to > xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list >

JM

Joe Metrisin (US)

Tue, Feb 17, 2026 11:07 AM

Did you try defining an element type before using the GUI popup? I.e.
et,1,186 or something like that.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) via Xansys
xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2026 8:06 AM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com
Subject: [External] - [Xansys] Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys
locks up

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not
click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the
content is safe.

Hi,

Anyone else see this?

I think I first noticed this in 19.5. In the main menu when I pick on
Preprocessor>element type>add/edit/delete no window pops up and the session
is stuck. You have to restart ansys to get back to work.

Dan Bohlen
Senior Engineer, Stress Analysis
Compliance Ambassador and Section Focal
GE Aerospace
1 Neumann Way
Evendale, OH 45215 USA

Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an
email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many
emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode
which will send a single email per day.

Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to
xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list

Did you try defining an element type before using the GUI popup? I.e. et,1,186 or something like that. -----Original Message----- From: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) via Xansys <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2026 8:06 AM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) <dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com> Subject: [External] - [Xansys] Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys locks up CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi, Anyone else see this? I think I first noticed this in 19.5. In the main menu when I pick on Preprocessor>element type>add/edit/delete no window pops up and the session is stuck. You have to restart ansys to get back to work. Dan Bohlen Senior Engineer, Stress Analysis Compliance Ambassador and Section Focal GE Aerospace 1 Neumann Way Evendale, OH 45215 USA _______________________________________________ Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list

BD

Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US)

Tue, Feb 17, 2026 2:40 PM

Apparently, this is known bug

I tried with the element types and was not able to replicate the issue. Are you using 2 screens while working with APDL? If you are running Mechanical APDL with more than one screen (especially a combination of laptop and external monitor), pop-up windows may appear off-screen. Please refer to the KM below for more details.

MAPDL GUI freezes when I click on anything which opens a pop up window. How to solve this?

Can you check the display device type you set before launching the APDL? You can try various options and see if it helps. For more details, you can check the Ansys help link below.

Windows: 10.3. Specifying the Graphics Display Device Type (for Windows)

Linux: 10.2. Identifying the Graphics Device Name for Linux

[cid:image001.png@01DC9FF1.9A875F50]

Dan callme1monitordan Bohlen

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Metrisin (US) Joe.Metrisin@kratosdefense.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 6:07 AM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com
Subject: RE: [External] - [Xansys] Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys locks up

Did you try defining an element type before using the GUI popup? I.e.

et,1,186 or something like that.

-----Original Message-----

From: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) via Xansys

<xansys-temp@list.xansys.org mailto:xansys-temp@list.xansys.org>

Sent: Monday, February 16, 2026 8:06 AM

To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org mailto:xansys-temp@list.xansys.org>

Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) <dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com mailto:dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com>

Subject: [External] - [Xansys] Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys

locks up

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not

click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the

content is safe.

Hi,

Anyone else see this?

I think I first noticed this in 19.5. In the main menu when I pick on

Preprocessor>element type>add/edit/delete no window pops up and the session

is stuck. You have to restart ansys to get back to work.

Dan Bohlen

Senior Engineer, Stress Analysis

Compliance Ambassador and Section Focal

GE Aerospace

1 Neumann Way

Evendale, OH 45215 USA

Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org mailto:xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an

email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org mailto:xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many

emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode

which will send a single email per day.

Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to

xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk mailto:xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list

Apparently, this is known bug I tried with the element types and was not able to replicate the issue. Are you using 2 screens while working with APDL? If you are running Mechanical APDL with more than one screen (especially a combination of laptop and external monitor), pop-up windows may appear off-screen. Please refer to the KM below for more details. MAPDL GUI freezes when I click on anything which opens a pop up window. How to solve this? Can you check the display device type you set before launching the APDL? You can try various options and see if it helps. For more details, you can check the Ansys help link below. Windows: 10.3. Specifying the Graphics Display Device Type (for Windows) Linux: 10.2. Identifying the Graphics Device Name for Linux [cid:image001.png@01DC9FF1.9A875F50] Dan callme1monitordan Bohlen -----Original Message----- From: Joe Metrisin (US) <Joe.Metrisin@kratosdefense.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 6:07 AM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) <dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com> Subject: RE: [External] - [Xansys] Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys locks up Did you try defining an element type before using the GUI popup? I.e. et,1,186 or something like that. -----Original Message----- From: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) via Xansys <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org<mailto:xansys-temp@list.xansys.org>> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2026 8:06 AM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org<mailto:xansys-temp@list.xansys.org>> Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) <dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com<mailto:dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com>> Subject: [External] - [Xansys] Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys locks up CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi, Anyone else see this? I think I first noticed this in 19.5. In the main menu when I pick on Preprocessor>element type>add/edit/delete no window pops up and the session is stuck. You have to restart ansys to get back to work. Dan Bohlen Senior Engineer, Stress Analysis Compliance Ambassador and Section Focal GE Aerospace 1 Neumann Way Evendale, OH 45215 USA _______________________________________________ Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org<mailto:xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org<mailto:xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org> If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk<mailto:xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk> and not to the list

BD

Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US)

Tue, Feb 17, 2026 3:29 PM

BTW the pop seemed to work when Ansys was on my main monitor, but not on the second one....

-----Original Message-----
From: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) via Xansys xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 9:40 AM
To: Joe Metrisin (US) Joe.Metrisin@kratosdefense.com; XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com
Subject: [Xansys] Re: [External] - Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys locks up

Apparently, this is known bug

I tried with the element types and was not able to replicate the issue. Are you using 2 screens while working with APDL? If you are running Mechanical APDL with more than one screen (especially a combination of laptop and external monitor), pop-up windows may appear off-screen. Please refer to the KM below for more details.

MAPDL GUI freezes when I click on anything which opens a pop up window. How to solve this?

Can you check the display device type you set before launching the APDL? You can try various options and see if it helps. For more details, you can check the Ansys help link below.

Windows: 10.3. Specifying the Graphics Display Device Type (for Windows)

Linux: 10.2. Identifying the Graphics Device Name for Linux

[cid:image001.png@01DC9FF1.9A875F50]

Dan callme1monitordan Bohlen

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Metrisin (US) Joe.Metrisin@kratosdefense.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 6:07 AM
To: XANSYS Mailing List Home xansys-temp@list.xansys.org
Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com
Subject: RE: [External] - [Xansys] Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys locks up

Did you try defining an element type before using the GUI popup? I.e.

et,1,186 or something like that.

-----Original Message-----

From: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) via Xansys

<xansys-temp@list.xansys.org mailto:xansys-temp@list.xansys.org>

Sent: Monday, February 16, 2026 8:06 AM

To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org mailto:xansys-temp@list.xansys.org>

Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) <dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com mailto:dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com>

Subject: [External] - [Xansys] Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys

locks up

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not

click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the

content is safe.

Hi,

Anyone else see this?

I think I first noticed this in 19.5. In the main menu when I pick on

Preprocessor>element type>add/edit/delete no window pops up and the session

is stuck. You have to restart ansys to get back to work.

Dan Bohlen

Senior Engineer, Stress Analysis

Compliance Ambassador and Section Focal

GE Aerospace

1 Neumann Way

Evendale, OH 45215 USA

Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org mailto:xansys-temp@list.xansys.org To unsubscribe send an

email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org mailto:xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org If you are receiving too many

emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode

which will send a single email per day.

Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to

xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk mailto:xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk and not to the list

BTW the pop seemed to work when Ansys was on my main monitor, but not on the second one.... -----Original Message----- From: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) via Xansys <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 9:40 AM To: Joe Metrisin (US) <Joe.Metrisin@kratosdefense.com>; XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) <dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com> Subject: [Xansys] Re: [External] - Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys locks up Apparently, this is known bug I tried with the element types and was not able to replicate the issue. Are you using 2 screens while working with APDL? If you are running Mechanical APDL with more than one screen (especially a combination of laptop and external monitor), pop-up windows may appear off-screen. Please refer to the KM below for more details. MAPDL GUI freezes when I click on anything which opens a pop up window. How to solve this? Can you check the display device type you set before launching the APDL? You can try various options and see if it helps. For more details, you can check the Ansys help link below. Windows: 10.3. Specifying the Graphics Display Device Type (for Windows) Linux: 10.2. Identifying the Graphics Device Name for Linux [cid:image001.png@01DC9FF1.9A875F50] Dan callme1monitordan Bohlen -----Original Message----- From: Joe Metrisin (US) <Joe.Metrisin@kratosdefense.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2026 6:07 AM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) <dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com> Subject: RE: [External] - [Xansys] Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys locks up Did you try defining an element type before using the GUI popup? I.e. et,1,186 or something like that. -----Original Message----- From: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) via Xansys <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org<mailto:xansys-temp@list.xansys.org>> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2026 8:06 AM To: XANSYS Mailing List Home <xansys-temp@list.xansys.org<mailto:xansys-temp@list.xansys.org>> Cc: Bohlen, Dan (GE Aerospace, US) <dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com<mailto:dan.bohlen@geaerospace.com>> Subject: [External] - [Xansys] Ansys Classic (Mech APDL) GUI bug - Ansys locks up CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi, Anyone else see this? I think I first noticed this in 19.5. In the main menu when I pick on Preprocessor>element type>add/edit/delete no window pops up and the session is stuck. You have to restart ansys to get back to work. Dan Bohlen Senior Engineer, Stress Analysis Compliance Ambassador and Section Focal GE Aerospace 1 Neumann Way Evendale, OH 45215 USA _______________________________________________ Xansys mailing list -- xansys-temp@list.xansys.org<mailto:xansys-temp@list.xansys.org> To unsubscribe send an email to xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org<mailto:xansys-temp-leave@list.xansys.org> If you are receiving too many emails from XANSYS please consider changing account settings to Digest mode which will send a single email per day. Please send administrative requests such as deletion from XANSYS to xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk<mailto:xansys-mod@tynecomp.co.uk> and not to the list