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B. Starting ANSYS Training Manual
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Command Line Start-up
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Product Launcher
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• Allows you to select and start ANSYS products and utilities.
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• On Windows systems, press:
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– Start > Programs > ANSYS 10.0 > ANSYS Product Launcher
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ANSYS Workbench*,
MFX - ANSYS/CFX, LS-
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DYNA Solver.)
selected here.
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*To be discussed later
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• File Management Tab is
used to specify the
Working Directory (where
all of your files will
reside) and a Job Name
of your choosing. The
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“file”.
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• Distributed Solver Setup
tab is used to set up
Parallel Performance
solving options.
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Distributed Processing
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are also selected here..
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D. ANSYS Workbench Training Manual
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• Quick note about the
ANSYS Workbench...
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– Provides control of your key CAD model parameter in the Workbench parameter manager.
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– Automatically captures engineering info and publishes it in a web based HTML document.
• Robust automatic meshing capabilities
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• Supported Analyses include:
– Static Structural Analysis
• Linear, Nonlinear Contact, Nonlinear Geometry, Nonlinear Material
– Steady-State and Transient Thermal Analysis
– Harmonic Analysis
– Modal Analysis
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• ANSYS commands can be used within Workbench.
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• The Finite Element Model can be transferred to the ANSYS
Environment.
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course (Workbench – Simulation Introduction).
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…Memory Definitions Training Manual
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• Workspace space (i.e –m ) is the memory ANSYS needs to run.
Default is 512 MB on Windows and UNIX machines.
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example, element matrix formulation, frontal solution, Boolean
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calculations, and so on.
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Scratch space = Workspace - Database
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F. GUI - Layout Utility Menu
Training Manual
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Output Contact Manager Icon
Window
Command Window Icon
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User Prompt Info
Current Settings
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– *EUIDL*Background: purple
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• The GUI has been modularized using the Tcl/Tk language which allows
for dialog boxes, ANSYS messages, etc. to be easily changed to a
country’s native language.
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• Display location of model entities, postprocessing contours, and
postprocessing graphs.
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Graphics Area
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scroll bar
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• Tree structure behavior – sub branch preserved
Before collapsing Preprocessor Branch After expanding Preprocessor Branch
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Select to collapse
Preprocessor Branch
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The tree structure is the same before
and after the Preprocessor branch of
Main Menu is collapsed
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Right Click in Main Menu
and select “Preferences”.
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expansion of Main Menu
can be changed.
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Main Menu with structural and Main Menu with only thermal
thermal element type defined element type defined
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Only “Apply” branches shown are those
for defined element types
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• A powerful feature which you can use to create your own “button
menu” system!
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…GUI - Icon Toolbar Menu Training Manual
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• Contains icons of commonly used functions.
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Image Capture
Open ANSYS File
Report Generator
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New Analysis ANSYS Help
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Open ANSYS
File
The Open ANSYS File Icon can be used to open either ANSYS
Database or ANSYS Command file types
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…GUI - Raise/Hidden Icon Training Manual
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• The Raise/Hidden Icon can be used to “bring to the front” any
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hidden ANSYS created windows (except the output window).
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Pan/Zoom/Rotate
Widget Hidden
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Pan/Zoom/Rotate
Widget Shown
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Click on the
X to return
Clicking on the ANSYS the input to
Command Window Icon the toolbar.
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• Reissuing commands: List of issued commands
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Commands can be reissued by double-
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Select down arrow to see
clicking on the listed command
list of issued commands
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used to select different listed commands
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…GUI - Current Settings Training Manual
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• The current element attributes settings, and currently active
coordinate system are displayed at the bottom on the GUI.
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Element Attributes Active Coordinate System
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…GUI - Output Window Training Manual
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• The output window gives the user feedback on how ANSYS
interpreted the user’s input.
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be sent to a file using
the /OUTPUT command.
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Able to verify the ANSYS version
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Other GUI Notes
• Remember that you are not restricted to using the menus. If you
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know the command, feel free to enter it in the Input Window!
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• The output window is not affected by the Raise/Hidden Button.
For convenience, the user may want to resize the GUI, so part of
the output window is displayed to allow easy access.
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G. The Database and Files Training Manual
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• The term ANSYS database refers to the data ANSYS maintains in
memory as you build, solve, and postprocess your model.
• The database stores both your input data and some results data:
– Input data -- information you must enter, such as model dimensions,
material properties, and load data.
– Results data -- a set of quantities that ANSYS calculates, such as
displacements, stresses, strains, and reaction forces.
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• SAVE command
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• To restore the database from the db file back into memory, use the
RESUME operation.
– Toolbar > RESUME_DB
– Or use:
• Utility Menu > File > Resume Jobname.db
• Utility Menu > File > Resume from…
• RESUME command
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• The default file name for SAVE and RESUME is jobname.db, but
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you can choose a different name by using the “Save as” or
“Resume from” functions.
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• Tips on SAVE and RESUME:
– Periodically save the database as you progress through an analysis.
ANSYS does NOT do automatic saves.
– You should SAVE the database before attempting an unfamiliar
operation (such as a Boolean or meshing) or an operation that may
cause major changes (such as a delete).
• RESUME can then be used as an “undo” if you don’t like the
results of that operation.
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– SAVE is also recommended before doing a solve.
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Files
• ANSYS writes and reads several files during an analysis. File names
are of the format jobname.ext.
• Jobname
– A name you choose while starting ANSYS, up to 32 characters. Defaults to
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file.
– Can be changed within ANSYS with the /FILNAME command (Utility Menu >
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File > Change Jobname).
• Extension
– Identifies the contents of the file, such as .db for database.
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– Usually assigned by ANSYS but can be defined by user (/ASSIGN).
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File Management Tips
• Run each analysis project in a separate working directory.
• Use different jobnames to differentiate various analysis runs.
• You should keep the following files after any ANSYS analysis:
– log file ( .log)
– database file ( .db)
– results files (.rst, .rth, …)
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– load step files, if any (.s01, .s02, ...)
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– physics files (.ph1, .ph2, ...)
• Use /FDELETE or Utility Menu > File > ANSYS File Options to automatically
delete files no longer needed by ANSYS during that session.
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• A note on ANSYS File sizes:
– The maximum size of an ANSYS file depends on the system limit and on the
ability of ANSYS to handle large files on that system. Most computer systems
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now handle very large files without any need for the automatic file splitting
option that is provided in ANSYS. See the Operations Guide for system
specifics.
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I. On-Line Help Training Manual
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• ANSYS uses an on-line documentation system to provide
extensive help.
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– special GUI “widgets” such as Pan-Zoom-Rotate
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• You can also access:
– Tutorials
– Verification models
– The ANSYS web site
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• Pressing the Product Help button on the launcher brings up a help browser
with:
– a navigational window containing Table of Contents, Index, and a Search Utility
– a document window containing the help information.
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• ANSYS also provides an
HTML-based on-line
tutorial.
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a set of problems solved
in ANSYS.
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• To access the tutorial,
click on Utility Menu >
Help > ANSYS Tutorials.
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J. Workshop Training Manual
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• Refer to your Workshop Supplement for instructions on:
W3 Getting Started Workshop
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