Accessing ANSYS OptionsChapter 5February 4, 2005Inventory #0021775-2ANSYS Workbench SimulationANSYS Workbench SimulationTraining ManualAccessing ANSYS OptionsChapter Overview In this chapter, the following ways of interfacing with ANSYS will be covered: Named Selections and ANSYS Components sing Commands Ob!ects "oading a Sim#lation $nvironment %irectly in ANSYS &he capabilities described in this section are generally applicable to ANSYS Professional licenses or above'February 4, 2005Inventory #0021775-3ANSYS Workbench SimulationANSYS Workbench SimulationTraining ManualAccessing ANSYS OptionsA.Named Selections and ANSYSAs will be seen s#bse(#ently, there are different ways to interface with ANSYS to access advanced f#nctionality )owever, when the model is transferred to ANSYS, only node and element entities are sent Solid model geometry is not referenced by the ANSYS solver *eca#se of this, it may be diffic#lt to select or manip#late the model if only the finite element mesh is present Named Selections provide a convenient way of selecting and manip#lating the mesh Named Selections are defined in Sim#lation &hese are transferred as Components in ANSYS, where they can be selected or manip#lated, as needed' &o reference any +geometry, in ANSYS, the geometry m#st first be defined as a Named Component in Sim#lationANSYS License Availability%esignSpace $ntra%esignSpace-rofessional xStr#ct#ral x.echanical/.#ltiphysics xFebruary 4, 2005Inventory #0021775-4ANSYS Workbench SimulationANSYS Workbench SimulationTraining ManualAccessing ANSYS Options Transferring to ANSYS Named Selections transferred as ANSYS Components: 0erte1, edge, and s#rface named selections are transferred as nodal components with the same name Named selections of solid, s#rface, and line bodies transfer as element components with the same name Change the selection filter to +*ody,'&his allows selection of s#rface and line bodies, not !#st solid bodies2 &he following conventions apply when Named Selections in Sim#lation are transferred as ANSYS Components: Names beginning with a n#mber have the prefi1 +C3, added Spaces will be replaced by #nderscores If m#ltiple selection gro#ps have the same name, only the last one is converted as an ANSYS componentANSYS License Availability%esignSpace $ntra%esignSpace-rofessional xStr#ct#ral x.echanical/.#ltiphysics xFebruary 4, 2005Inventory #0021775-5ANSYS Workbench SimulationANSYS Workbench SimulationTraining ManualAccessing ANSYS Options Transferring to ANSYS Once Named Selections are transferred to ANSYS, they can be referenced as Components to do the following: Apply types of loads not s#pported in Sim#lation Change element attrib#tes %efine additional elements not s#pported in Sim#lation Special postprocessing tas4s 5etc' .ost ANSYS commands accept component names as an arg#ment, facilitating component #se in ANSYS Named Selections are associative with the CA% geometry, so #sers do not have to worry if CA% model is #pdated se of components is n#mbering6independent, so #sers do not have to worry if the mesh changesANSYS License Availability%esignSpace $ntra%esignSpace-rofessional xStr#ct#ral x.echanical/.#ltiphysics xFebruary 4, 2005Inventory #0021775-6ANSYS Workbench SimulationANSYS Workbench SimulationTraining ManualAccessing ANSYS OptionsB.Overview of Command Obects Command Ob!ects enable #sers to add AP!" #ANSYS Parametric !esign "ang$age% commands, which e1pose advanced ANSYS f#nctionality not otherwise available in Sim#lation &he Command ob!ects re(#ires that the #ser has familiarity with A-%" commands Command ob!ects can be inserted in the -art, Contact, $nvironment or Sol#tion branches: -art branch: commands are inserted following the material definition in ANSYS /prep7 Contact branch: commands are inserted following the contact definitions in ANSYS /prep7 $nvironment branch: commands inserted prior to the SO"0$ command Sol#tion branch: commands inserted after the /-OS&8 commandANSYS License Availability%esignSpace $ntra%esignSpace-rofessional xStr#ct#ral x.echanical/.#ltiphysics xFebruary 4, 2005Inventory #0021775-7ANSYS Workbench SimulationANSYS Workbench SimulationTraining ManualAccessing ANSYS Options Adding Command Obects Adding command ob!ects is done by right6clic4ing in the appropriate branch and #sing +Insert 9 Commands, A new branch with a :or4sheet view will be shown where A-%" commands can be inserted'ANSYS License Availability%esignSpace $ntra%esignSpace-rofessional xStr#ct#ral x.echanical/.#ltiphysics xFebruary 4, 2005Inventory #0021775-8ANSYS Workbench SimulationANSYS Workbench SimulationTraining ManualAccessing ANSYS Options Parameteri&ing Command Obects &he details window for each command ob!ect can contain #p to ; parameter definitions 8 to A=>;,?' @#st as with other detail information thro#gho#t :or4bench these arg#ments can be made parametric'In this e1ample a command ob!ectplaced in the $nvironment branch contains the NS* command' &he synta1 of the command is:NS*, Initial s#bsteps, ma1 s#bsteps, min s#bstepsNotice we have s#bstit#ted A=>8 in the command res#lting in:Ns#b, 8A, arg8, B&his parameter can be #sed thro#gho#t :or4bench incl#ding %esignCplorerFebruary 4, 2005Inventory #0021775-9ANSYS Workbench SimulationANSYS Workbench SimulationTraining ManualAccessing ANSYS Options. . . Specif'ing (aterial Properties Command ob!ects inserted in part branches allow (#ic4 material modification witho#t having to 4now each partDs material n#mber eometry, &he contact pair will be renamed to +gro#nd &o 4eyboard,, as shown on the rightIn this case, the a#tomatic contact detection selected the top of the +gro#nd, as the contact s#rface