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Lecture 1 L t Introduction to ANSYS Workbench

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ANSYS Workbench 13
What will you learn from this presentation:
Overview of ANSYS products and the ANSYS Customer Portal Overview of ANSYS Workbench How to launch Workbench? Workbench interface details Workbench file structure

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About ANSYS, Inc.

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ANSYS, Inc. Developer of ANSYS family of products Global Headquarters in Canonsburg, PA - USA (south of Pittsburgh)
Development and sales offices in U.S. and around the world Publicly traded on NASDAQ stock exchange under ANSS For additional company information as well as descriptions and schedules for other training courses visit www.ansys.com

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ANSYS Family of Products

ANSYS, Inc. Family of Products include the following:
ANSYS Workbench Applications A development framework upon which ANSYS applications are built. Applications are available in the areas of structural mechanics geometry, CFD, mechanics, geometry CFD rigid dynamics, electromagnetics, optimization and more. Mechanical APDL traditional ANSYS command driven interface. ANSYS CFD State-of-the-art CFD solvers, including CFX and FLUENT. ANSYS ICEM CFD Application containing CFD meshing tools with general pre- and post-processing features.
ANSYS AUTODYN Explicit dynamic solver for transient non-linear simulations involving large deformations and strains, non-linear material non linear behavior, non-linear buckling, complex contact, fragmentation, and shock wave propagation. ANSYS LS-DYNA LSTCs 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 ii b dt i l t ht t t lf i t i d catastrophic failures.
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ANSYS EKM - Engineering Knowledge Manager

What is ANSYS EKM?

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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 competitors software.

What is ANSYS EKM Desktop? What

ANSYS EKM Desktop is a single user, local environment version of EKM. It is available as part of ANSYS R13 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. i l ti d th b i i i l ti d ti it d ffi i

EKM Desktop can be started under the File menu in the Project window

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ANSYS Customer Portal

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This document provides quick tour of the ANSYS Customer Portal, including:
Using the Software Download area Product information Customer Support & Training tools
Knowledge Resources / FAQs Training M t i l A i t d T t i l T i i Material & Animated Tutorials Online Support Request Phone number

Other tools

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ANSYS Customer Portal

1. Visit http://www.ansys.com/customerportal/ 2. For first time users, click Register now 3. For returning users, click one of the following: g , g ANSYS Customer Portal for Mechanical/Fluent/CFX/Ansoft Support Fluent User Services Center for legacy Fluent downloads Notes: If you are encountering difficulties with the ANSYS Customer Portal please click on the ANSYS Portal Help Support Request Form on the login page Online Technical Support for all ANSYS products, Mechanical/Fluent/CFX/Ansoft, is available through the ANSYS Customer Portal il bl th h th C t P t l

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http://www.ansys.com/customerportal/

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ANSYS Customer Portal Home Page

Search the Knowledge Resources for FAQs, Best Practices, Examples!

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Navigate to important locations on the Portal with the click of an icon!

Survey: We appreciate your feedback!

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Review Top Solutions from our Knowledge Resources!

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Support and Training

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Support Request Submit S b it a question to a support ti t t specialist.

Animated Tutorials & Training Materials Watch short 2-8 minute demos Download PDF versions of the training lectures

Search KRs & Submit SRs Type keywords to perform a search Submit/Update support requests
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Useful Links Register for live technical webinars Register for training courses Register/view the ANSYS eNews
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How to Submit a Support Request

For ANSYS Direct Customers*: From the ANSYS Customer Portal 1. Click Submit Support Request 2. Click Submit/Update technical support request 3. 3 Under My Service Requests click New Requests,

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Other Methods For North America: Phone 1-800-711-7199 (make sure that your Contact # (aka. Individual Customer #) is available when you call! Support hours 7:30am to 8:00pm Eastern time * Customers serviced by ANSYS Channel Partners should contact that Channel Partner for technical support

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Check the Status of Existing Support Requests

For ANSYS Direct Customers*: From the ANSYS Customer Portal 1. Click Submit Support Request 2. Click Submit/Update technical support request 3. 3 Click the SR# of interest

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Through Phone in North America 1. 1 Call 1 800 711 7199 1-800-711-7199 2. Press 1 for Technical Support 3. Press 2 for Existing Technical Support 4. Enter 4 E t your SR number f ll b followed b # t b connected t the support d by to be t d to th t specialist working on your request * Customers serviced by ANSYS Channel Partners should contact that Channel Partner to check on status of existing support requests
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How to Update a Support Request

Attachments Upload large files (>20 MB) to the ANSYS FTP. Attach small files (<20 MB) directly to SR. [Note: To download attachments you may need to add https://crm.ansys.com to your list of trusted sites.] ITAR Data Please do not attach ITAR controlled data to your SR. y SR Updates Communicate directly with your support specialist by adding & viewing SR Updates. i i U d Associated Solutions Previously created solutions associated with your SR may be i t d ith b viewed here.
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ANSYS Customer Portal Download Center

The Download Wizard Will guide you through 4 easy steps to download y p the products you need. The current release is ANSYS 13.0! Installation Tutorials Download these tutorials before proceeding. They include t b t i l d step-by-step instructions on installing and setup your applications Download Ansoft Products Select Ansoft Products Ansoft Products on Step 1
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FLUENT User Services Center

Note: The layout of this page may change with further updates to the User Services Center

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Product Information Click on a product to view FAQs, documentation, tutorials, best practices, libraries, etc. Animated Tutorials Watch short 2-8 minute demonstrations and then walk through the example files on your own. Lecture Series Register to watch live webinars on new features. (1 hour) Support Request Submit a question to a support specialist.
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ANSYS Customer Portal

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Thank you in advance for using the ANSYS Customer Portal!

Consider filling out the Survey on the Customer Portal. We appreciate your feedback, which will help us continue to improve the services we offer!

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What is Workbench

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Next Generation engineering simulation environment from ANSYS

A platform that combines the strength of core solvers with product management tools for better project and data management
Integration framework
Integrates existing ANSYS technologies/applications Allows for rapid integration of 3rd party applications

Application framework
Develop new, state of the art user interface, applications, UI tool kits p , , pp ,

Common tools and services

Native data management

Parameter management and design points, units, expressions and journaling points units journaling, scripting and batch execution

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Which Tools are Hosted on Workbench

Not just limited to geometry or meshing Not just limited to CFD / CSM Not just limited to single physics, physics includes MultiMulti physics too Electromagnetic tools added in R13 Design Exploration and parameterization

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Revolutionary New Project Management System

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The project page is all new!

A welcome window introduces basic WB concepts and provides links to quick-start tutorials

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Revolutionary New Project Management System

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The Toolbox contains Systems which are the building blocks of the Project

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Complete Analysis Systems

The Analysis Systems group contains a set of pre-defined systems listed by analysis type ( y yp (and solver) )

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Drag the desired analysis type onto the Project Schematic

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Guided Workflow

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System components guide the user through the analysis process

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Intuitive Context Menus

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Intuitive context menus guide the user to possible actions

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Project State

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State icons inform the user of progress and suggest where action needs to be taken

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Using ANSYS Workbench Editors

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Edit operation launches the application associated with the cell to define details

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Using ANSYS Workbench Editors

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Close DM when done and Files are saved automatically

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Using ANSYS Workbench Editors

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Geometry cell icon changes

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Automated File and Data Management

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Meshing at ANSYS Workbench

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Move on to Mesh and Edit to start WB Meshing Application

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Meshing at ANSYS Workbench

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Working Through the System

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Move on to Physics Setup

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Working Through the System

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Solving in Batch Mode from Project Using Update

Update command on Solution cell runs the solver in batch

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Post-Processing the Results

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Post-Processing the Results

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All cells are now up to date and The simulation is complete

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Icons Show the State of Project Data

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State icons clearly indicate upstream changes have been made

What happens if we make a change to the Geometry?

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Update Project

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Update Project operation automates batch-mode update of all analysis steps

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Launching Workbench
From Windows OS :

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From UNIX/Linux OS :
~/ansys_inc/v121/Framework/bin/Linux64/runwb2 &

From CAD system :

Workbench supports various CAD p pp packages g Details are covered in CAD Connectivity presentation
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Workbench Environment
Main Menu Bar

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Toolbox

Project Schematic

Customize Toolbox Project Status

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Progress Window

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Toolbox

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- Predefined Templates pp y y (AS) - Individual applications to build or use Analysis Systems ( ) - Predefined/user-defined AS for coupled applications - Parametric management and optimization tools

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Customize Toolbox
Customize the number of tools available in the Toolbox
Ex: Default Systems under Component Ex: Modified Component System

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Project Schematic

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Just drag and drop Analysis or Component or Custom Systems into the schematic to create the Project layout The location of drop, dictates the type of linkage between systems The type of linkage is indicated by the type of connector between the systems

Share Component

Create Standalone System

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Type of Connector

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Square connectors signify that the data is SHARED between the cells.

Circular connector signify that the data is TRANSFERRED to new cell.

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Parameters and Design Exploration

WB exposes and allows to manage the parameter at the project level Parameter Set could be
CAD parameters Geometry parameters set in DM Material parameters
Customization required

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Available for all the Physics

Boundary condition parameters Result parameters And lot more

Details will be presented in a separate lecture

3D Response Surface

Design Exploration tool allows y to g p you

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Workbench Files Structure

Workbench creates <project>.wbpj and a folder <project>_files All the project related files are saved within <project>_files folder
Here is an example showing folder structure of a multiphysics analysis p j p g p y y project

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<Project Name>.wbpj <Project Name>_files Folder corresponding to Design Point-0 Folder containing all the files related to FLUENT Contains case, data, *.trn, history (optional) Contains mesh file (i.e. .msh file) Contains CFD Post files (i e .cst file) (i.e. cst Contains Geometry information Contains DM file (i.e. .agdb file) Global Mech SYS ENGD MECH SYS-1 Contains user files like images, videos, text files
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Example : Build Project Schematic

Drag FLUENT component system onto an existing mesh component system
Step 1: Select and Drag FLUENT Component

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Step 2 : p Drop FLUENT Component on Mesh

Connection is established between Mesh and FLUENT setup

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File Menu
Create/Open/Save a Workbench project file Saves data from all the components Import: Import files ( acceptable file p p (for p types, see Import options) Archive: Quickly generate a single compressed file (.wbpz or .zip file) containing all pertinent fil f easy t i i ll ti t files for transfer. Zipped file can be saved at any required location Restore Archive: Unzip and open zipped project files Scripting: Record and Run journal files EKM: Launch and connect to EKM i.e. Engineering Knowledge Manager

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WB Import options

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View Menu
Refresh and Reset Window layout View Toolbox, Toolbox Customization, Project Schematic, Messages, Progress , etc. windows on Project page Reset Workspace restores current workspace to default settings Reset Window Layout restores original window layout

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Messages Progress

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Tools Menu
Refresh or Update entire project Modify Global Settings through Options

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Or

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Units Menu
Select Unit System to be used for the project Sets the default unit system for all systems Units can be changed within components like g p DM, AMP Display Values as Defined : displays value and unit as defined in Workbench or original source application li ti Display Values in Project Units : displays values converted to selected project unit system Modify Unit Systems through Unit System

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Global Settings
Tools Options - Project Management :
- Manage File Locations g - Manage Startup options

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Global Settings contd

Appearance :
- Manage Background Style, Color g g y , - Manage Display options

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Graphics Interaction :
- Manage Mouse Button operations - Manage Keyboard Button operations

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Geometry Properties

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Ri ht click G Right li k Geometry t Select Properties Properties: P ti

Basic and Advanced Options Selected options under Advanced options are used while importing CAD geo e y e geometry file in WorkBench

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Geometry Properties contd

Basic Properties :
Select Parameters option for importing parameters defined in CAD package Parameter Key filters the parameters from CAD that enter Workbench If Parameter Key is not specified, all parameters from CAD enter W kb t Workbench h Similarly, Named Selections key controls the selections from CAD entering WB

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Importing Parameters : Example

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Parameters from CAD to Workbench

Parametric File DesignModeler

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Geometry Properties contd

Advanced Properties :
Select Use Associativity to establish association between CAD and WorkBench Import Coordinate Systems, Work Points, etc. defined in CAD Smart CAD Update : If selected changes made in other options get selected, updated in the model

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Mesh Properties
Right click Mesh Select Properties

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Properties: General System Information :

Displays Physics, Analysis and Solver type for selected system Information also available in Toolbox Customization panel

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Workbench Files Structure

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When the project file (<filename>.wbpj) is created, ANSYS Workbench creates a project folder named <filename>_files All files relevant to the project are saved within project folder Pi Primary subdirectories within project f ld are: bdi t i ithi j t folder dp0 user_files dp0 subdirectory: Workbench designates active project as design point 0 and creates a dp0 subdirectory that always corresponds to active project files Design point folder contains system folders for each system in the project System folder contain folders for each application used in the system (i.e. Mechanical application, FLUENT, etc.) These folders contain application-specific files and folders, such as input files, model directories, engineering data, resources, etc. g g user_files: This folder contains any files (such as input files, referenced files, etc.) that are supplied to a project or any output (images, charts, movie clips, etc.) generated by Workbench

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