• In Design Simulation, there are three types of bodies which can be analyzed.
– Solid bodies are general 3D volumes/parts. – Surface bodies are only areas. – Line bodies are only curves.
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• Solid bodies are geometrically and spatially 3D:
– These are meshed with higher-order tetrahedral or hexahedral solid elements with quadratic shape functions
• In this chapter, navigating through the GUI without the Wizards will be covered.
Model shown is from a sample Mechanical Desktop assembly.
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• Surface bodies are geometrically 2D but spatially 3D:
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ANSYS License DesignSpace Entra DesignSpace Professional Structural Mechanical/Multiphysics
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– Each node has three translational degrees of freedom (DOF) for structural or one temperature DOF for thermal
– Good for general representation of CAD models
– Geometry – Contact – Meshing
• The capabilities described in this section are generally applicable to the ANSYS DesignSpace Entra licenses and above and are noted in the lower-left hand tables.
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• In this chapter, performing analyses without the use of the Wizards will be covered:
Geometry Interface DesignModeler Pro/ENGINEER Unigraphics SolidWorks Inventor Solid Edge Mechanical Desktop CATIA V4 CATIA V5 ACIS (SAT) Parasolid IGES
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• In the previous chapter, the Design Simulation GUI was introduced by the use of the Simulation Wizards
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• After importing a model either (a) directly from a supported CAD system or (b) from the Workbencቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ Projects Page, the Geometry branch lists available parts.
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• The Outline Tree is the main way of setting up the analysis
– The Context Toolbar and the Details View update depending on what branch of the Outline Tree is selected
– Use of the Outline Tree will be emphasized in this chapter