DesignModeler-Introduction

Course Objectives

To teach the use of DesignModeler in the following areas:

-General understanding of the user interface

-Procedure for creating sketches and assigning dimensions

-Procedure for creating and modifying 3D geometry

-Working with imported CAD geometries and using 3D operations to
-extract fluid regions from solid parts

-Parametric modeling

Course Materials

-The Training Manual you have is an exact copy of the slides.

-Workshop descriptions and instructions are included in the Training Manual.

-Copies of the workshop files are available (upon request) from the instructor.

-Several advanced training courses are available on specific topics. See the training course schedule on the ANSYS homepage http://www.ansys.com/ under SERVICES > “Training Services”

… ANSYS Family of Products

ANSYS, Inc. Family of Products include the following:

ANSYS Workbench – Complete environment for simulation and modeling needs.

ANSYS CFD – State-of-the-art CFD solvers, including CFX and FLUENT.

-ANSYS Mechanical APDL – Advanced mechanical and multiphysics FEA solution capabilities utilizing the traditional ANSYS user interface.

-ANSYS AUTODYN – Explicit dynamic solver for transient non-linear simulations involving large deformations and strains, non-linear material behavior, non-linear buckling, complex contact, fragmentation, and shock wave propagation.

ANSYS LS-DYNA – LSTC’s LS-DYNA explicit dynamic solver technology with the pre-/post-processing power of ANSYS software. This powerful pairing can be used to simulate crash tests, metal forging, stamping, and catastrophic failures.

-ANSYS ICEM CFD – Powerful meshing tools with general pre- and post-processing features.

-ANSYS EKM – Engineering Knowledge Manager

ANSYS EKM - Engineering Knowledge Manager

What is ANSYS EKM?

-ANSYS Engineering Knowledge Manager (EKM) is a web-based multi-user collaborative product that is aimed at meeting the simulation data and process management challenges faced by our customers. EKM is tightly integrated with other ANSYS simulation offerings and it can also be very easily integrated with other simulation codes including legacy and competitor’s software.

What is ANSYS EKM Desktop?

-ANSYS EKM Desktop is a single user, local environment version of EKM. It is available as part of ANSYS R12 release and it can be accessed via Workbench. EKM Desktop is focused at meeting the challenge of “re-using existing simulations” and thereby increasing simulation productivity and efficiency.

Why Manage Simulation Data and Processes?

Managing simulation data reduces engineering costs

-Eliminate wasted time looking for prior simulation data

-Enable re-use of existing data

Managing simulation processes and workflows

-Enables a collaborative environment for distributed simulation

ANSYS EKM - Engineering Knowledge Manager

ANSYS EKM - A User Scalable Solution

B. ANSYS Workbench Overview

What is ANSYS Workbench?

-ANSYS Workbench provides powerful methods for interacting with the ANSYS family of solvers. This environment provides a unique integration with CAD systems, and your design process.

ANSYS Workbench is comprised of various applications (some examples):

-Mechanical for performing structural and thermal analyses using the ANSYS solver

Meshing is also included within the Mechanical application

-Fluid Flow (CFX) for performing CFD analyses using CFX

-Fluid Flow (FLUENT) for performing CFD analyses using FLUENT

-Geometry (DesignModeler) for creating and modifying CAD geometry to prepare the solid model for use in Mechanical.

-Engineering Data for defining material properties

-Meshing Application for generating CFD and Explicit Dynamics meshes

-Design Exploration for optimization analyses

-Finite Element Modeler (FE Modeler) for translating a NASTRAN and ABAQUS mesh for use in ANSYS

-BladeGen (Blade Geometry) for creating blade geometry

-Explicit Dynamics for explicit dynamics simulations featuring modeling of nonlinear dynamics

ANSYS Workbench Overview

The Workbench environment supports two types of applications:

-Native applications (workspaces): Current native applications are Project Schematic, Engineering Data and Design Exploration.

Native applications are launched and run entirely in the Workbench window.

-Data Integrated Applications: current applications include Mechanical, Mechanical APDL, FLUENT, CFX, AUTODYN and others.

C. Starting DesignModeler

There are two methods of launching Workbench:

-From the Windows start menu:

D. The Workbench Environment

For most situations the Workbench GUI is divided into 2 primary sections (there are other optional sections we’ll see in a moment):

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