Customer Training Material

Lecture 3

AUTODYN User Interface

Introduction to
ANSYS AUTODYN

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ANSYS®AUTODYN® User Interface
Customer Training Material

Context-sensitive Helpp Set Up Model Import Models

LS-DYNA
LS DYNA
Linked to extensive Interactively Nastran
and readable HTML Manuals
ICEM-CFD

Create
C t andd View
Vi
Animations Access Extensive
GIF, MPEG, AVI, GFA Material Library

View Results Open Architecture

User Subroutines
Advanced FE & CFD Visualization
User Variables
Time Histories

Set Up
R A
Run Analysis
l i Interactively
I t ti l P ll l Processing
Parallel P i
Visually Refreshed Load / Save Model Host Configuration
Stop / Start at any time Startup Files Decomposition
Interrogate progress Restart Files Load Balancing

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Components of the User Interface Customer Training Material

Pull-down
Tool Bar
Menus

Dialog
Window

Navigation Bar

View
Panel

Dialog Message Command

Panel Panel Line Panel
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Tool Bar Customer Training Material

File Handling
g

Visualisation

Animation

Interactivity

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Navigation Bar Customer Training Material

Set Up A Model

Control The View

Run/Stop a Calculation

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View Panel Customer Training Material

Use these buttons to manipulate your

image (translate, rotate, scale, e.t.c.)

Use these
b tt
buttons to
t
compose
your image

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Dialog Panel and Dialog Windows Customer Training Material

Dialog Panel
Dialog Window

Button
opens
window Help Cancel Accept

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Message and Command Line Panels Customer Training Material

Message Panel

Command Line Panel

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New Model / Forced Entry Fields Customer Training Material

• Ident and Symmetry are forced entry fields

– Must
M t enter
t values
l before
b f input
i t is
i acceptedt d by
b AUTODYN

Forced entry fields

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AUTODYN Filenames Customer Training Material

• Files associated with a particular model use the model Ident

In the
e filename
e a e
Ident_0.ad Cycle 0 Save file

Ident_428.ad Cycle 428 Save file

Ident_0_428.adres Cycle 428 Results file

Ident.his History file

Ident.sum Summary file

Ident.prt Print file

g
Ident.log Log
g file

Ident.uhs User History file

Ident fil
Ident.fil Remap file

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AUTODYN Filenames Customer Training Material

• Other AUTODYN files

autodyn.ini
t d i i AUTODYN initialization
i iti li ti file
fil
matlib_name.mlb Material library file

partlib_name.slb Part library file

setting name set

setting_name.set Plot settings file

slide_name.seq Sequence file for slideshow

slide_name_nn.gif Slideshow files

animation_name.gif GIF animation file

animation_name.gfa GFA animation file

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Integrated Help and Documentation Customer Training Material

• AUTODYN Component System Help

– Part of ANSYS Helpp system
y
– Can be launched from AUTODYN
GUI in various ways

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Customized AUTODYN Startup Customer Training Material

• Change startup options

– by
y using
g the Options
p > Default
Settings pull-down menu

– by directly editing the file

autodyn ini
autodyn.ini

• If you have any visualization

problems, particularly with
creating and viewing slides /
animations, turn off the two
Hardware Acceleration Settings

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Slideshows and Animations Customer Training Material

Compose slideshow
from bitmap image Setup Options
slides

Capture single
bitmap image slide

Capture multiple
bitmap image slides

Create a text slide

Generate GIF
GIF, AVI
or MPEG animations

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Interactive Animations (GFA) Customer Training Material

• Create a single 3D image or a

sequence or 3D3 images
Animation
– No compose options

– GFA animation is created immediately

following the capture of the single image or
the sequence of images

– .gfa file extension

• Playback using the AD ANSYS

Viewer
– During playback
• Zoom

• Rotate

• Translate

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AD ANSYS Viewer Customer Training Material

• Started by pressing
View Slides button
on the Navigation
Bar

• Used to view GIF or

GFA files

• Comprehensive set
of buttons to control
all aspects of the
animations

GFA controls

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