# Options for default hexahedral element type generates

**URL:** <https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/options-for-default-hexahedral-element-type-generates/3238>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [February 8, 2026, 11:41am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/options-for-default-hexahedral-element-type-generates/3238 "2026-02-08T11:41:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 8, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/options-for-default-hexahedral-element-type-generates/3238/2 "2026-02-08T11:49:04Z")

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Yeah, as discussed here: [Assign element types to multiple bodies at once](https://prepomax.discourse.group/t/assign-element-types-to-multiple-bodies-at-once/3007)

Btw. maybe C3D8R should be default like in Abaqus.

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