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Lecture
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Introduction

Introduction to ANSYS
Meshing
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Introduction to ANSYS Meshing

Customer Training Manual

What you will learn from this presentation :


Overview of ANSYS products and the ANSYS Customer Portal
What is the ANSYS Meshing?
How to launch ANSYS Meshing?
ANSYS Meshing graphics user interface
g methods
Meshing
Mesh controls
Geometry concepts

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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

Customer Training Manual

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
mechanics, geometry,
geometry CFD,
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
non linear material
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
i i can be
b used
d to
t simulate
i l t crash
h tests,
t t metal
t l forging,
f
i
stamping,
t
i
and
d
catastrophic failures.
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ANSYS EKM - Engineering Knowledge Manager

Customer Training Manual

What is ANSYS EKM?


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
What is ANSYS EKM Desktop?
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
i l ti
and
d thereby
th b increasing
i
i
simulation
i l ti
productivity
d ti it and
d efficiency.
ffi i

EKM Desktop can be started


under the File menu in the
Project window

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ANSYS Customer Portal

Customer Training Manual

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


T i i Material
Training
M t i l & Animated
A i t d Tutorials
T t i l
Online Support Request
Phone number

Other tools

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ANSYS Customer Portal

Customer Training Manual

1. Visit http://www.ansys.com/customerportal/
2. For first time users, click Register now
3. For returning
g users,, click one of the following:
g
ANSYS Customer Portal for
Mechanical/Fluent/CFX/Ansoft Support
Fluent User Services Center for legacy
Fluent downloads

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

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
il bl through
th
h the
th ANSYS Customer
C t
Portal
P t l

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ANSYS Customer Portal Home Page


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

Survey: We appreciate your


feedback!
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Navigate to important locations on the Portal


with the click of an icon!

Review Top Solutions from


our Knowledge Resources!
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Support and Training

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

Animated Tutorials & Training


Materials
Watch short 2-8 minute demos
Download PDF versions of the
training lectures

Useful Links
Register for live technical webinars
Register for training courses
Register/view the ANSYS eNews

Search KRs & Submit SRs


Type keywords to perform a search
Submit/Update support requests
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How to Submit a Support Request

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For ANSYS Direct Customers*:


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

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For ANSYS Direct Customers*:


From the ANSYS Customer Portal
1. Click Submit Support Request
2. Click Submit/Update technical support request
3 Click the SR# of interest
3.
Through Phone in North America
1 Call 1-800-711-7199
1.
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
b followed
f ll
db
by # to
t b
be connected
t d tto the
th supportt
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

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Attachments
Upload large files (>20 MB) to the
ANSYS FTP. Attach small files (<20
MB) directly to SR. [Note: To
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to add https://crm.ansys.com to your
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ITAR Data
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data to your SR.
SR Updates
Communicate directly with your
support specialist by adding &
viewing SR Updates
Updates.
Associated Solutions
Previously created solutions
associated with your SR may be
viewed here.
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ANSYS Customer Portal Download Center

Customer Training Manual

The Download Wizard


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

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Note: The layout of this page may change


with further updates to the User Services
Center

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
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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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Preprocessing Workflow
Geometry
Creation
OR
Geometry Import

Sketches and
a es
Planes
3D Operations
Extrude, Revolve,
Sweep etc
Sweep,

Geometry Import
Options
Direct CAD/BiDirectional CAD

Customer Training Manual

Geometry
Operations

Meshing

Solver

Meshing
Methods

3D Operations

Hybrid Mesh: Tet,


Prisms, Pyramids

Boolean, Body
Operations, Split,
etc

Hexa Dominant,
Sweep meshing

Geometry
Cleanup and
Repair

CutCell meshing

Automatic
Cleanup

Global Mesh
Settings

Merge, Connect,
Projection, Flow
Volume
Extraction, etc

Local Mesh
Settings
Sizing,
g
Body/Sphere of
Influence, Match
Control, etc

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What is the ANSYS Meshing ?

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ANSYS Meshing is a component of ANSYS Workbench


Next generation meshing platform
Combines strengths of preprocessing offerings from ANSYS: ICEM CFD, TGRID, CFXMesh and Gambit
Plan to complete full integration by R15

Creates Mesh for different Physics and Solvers


CFD: Fluent,
Fluent CFX and POLYFLOW
Mechanical: Explicit dynamics, Implicit
Electromagnetic

Integrates directly with other WB


systems through the Project
Schematic

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Structural,, CFD,, EM,, etc.

Adjust settings iff necessaryy

Sizing, Inflation, Pinch, etc.

Sizing Refine
Sizing,
Refine, Pinch
Pinch, Inflation
Inflation, etc

Preview Surface Mesh


Mesh, Inflation

Mesh Metrics
Metrics, Charts

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Launching ANSYS Meshing

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From Component Systems

From Analysis Systems

Ex: Mesh

Ex: Fluid Flow ((Fluent),


), Fluid Flow (CFX)
(
)

ANSYS Meshing cannot be launched standalone, it can only be launched within


workbench as shown above
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ANSYS Meshing graphics user interface

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Toolbars
Tree
O tli
Outline

Graphics
Window

Details
View

Message
Window

Entity Details
Bar

Status/Info Bar
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Tree Outline

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The Tree Outline contains three sections by default:


Geometry
Coordinate Systems
Mesh

Meshing operations are displayed in the order in


which
hi h th
they are iinserted
t db
below
l
M
Mesh
h

RMB click on Mesh

Click RMB on any object in the tree launches a


context sensitive menu

Body meshes can be generated or cleared at


body level New in AM 13.0!
13 0!
Generate Mesh at mesh level will generate the
mesh for all unmeshed bodies New in AM 13.0!

RMB click on
body/part
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Details View

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If an object
bj
iis selected
l
d anywhere
h
iin the
h T
Tree O
Outline,
li
d
details
il related
l d to that
h
object are displayed in the Details View below
The Details View provides options to review, edit or input values for meshing
operations

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Meshing Process in ANSYS Meshing

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Set Physics and Meshing Method

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Meshing Options panel appears at the startup


Helps in setting meshing preference
Can also be accessed through Tool bar
Physics Preference :
Select the type of physics to be solved
Default Meshing parameters differ for each physics type

Mesh Method :
Any Meshing Method can be used for any Physics
Preference

Set Physics and Create method :


Sets selected Physics in Details View of Mesh
Inserts a Method control with all solid bodies selected
and defines the Mesh method as selected above

Set Meshing Defaults :


Updates physics preference in Option Dialog box

Option to display this panel at Meshing startup

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Meshing Methods for 3D Geometry

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There are six meshing methods in the ANSYS Meshing for 3D geometries:
Tetrahedrons
Patch Conforming (TGrid based)
Patch Independent (ICEM CFD based)

Sweep
p
Generates prisms or hexahedral

MultiZone
Maily hexahedral elements

Hex Dominant
Automatic
Combines multiple methods based on complexity of the geometry
Patch conforming / Sweep Mesh

CutCell mesh New in AM 13!


Generates Cartesian CutCell mesh

Interoperability between different meshing methods New in AM 13!


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Meshing Methods for 2D Geometry

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There are four meshing methods in the ANSYS Meshing for 2D geometries:

Automatic Method (Quad Dominant)


Triangles
Uniform Quad/Tri
Uniform Quad
Triangle (Tri)

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Meshing Methods : Tetrahedron

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Can be used to generate tetrahedral mesh


Two algorithms available :
Patch Conforming
g ((TGrid - Tetra))
Patch Independent (ICEM CFD - Tetra)

Patch Independent

Patch Conforming
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Meshing Methods : Sweep

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Can be used to generate prism/hexahedral mesh for sweepable bodies

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Meshing Methods : MultiZone

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Can be used to generate prism/hexahedral mesh with automatic geometry


decomposition
Based on automatic blocking strategy (ICEM CFD Hexa)

This g
geometry
y would need to be decomposed
p
into 8 blocks to g
get similar mesh with
Sweep Method
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Meshing Methods : Hex Dominant

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Recommended for bodies that cannot be swept


Creates a quad-dominant surface mesh first, then uses hex meshes to fill
most of the domain and Pyramids and Tet meshes for the rest of the
domain
Commonly used for Mechanical analysis

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Meshing Methods : Automatic

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Combination of Tetrahedrons (Patch Conforming) and Sweep Methods


Automatically detects volumes that can be meshed with the Sweep method
Volumes that cannot be meshed using Sweep are meshed using Tetrahedrons
method with Patch Conforming Algorithm

Multiple Bodies
Patch Conforming
and Sweep

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Single Body
Patch Conforming

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CutCell Meshing

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Cartesian meshing method designed


for ANSYS FLUENT solver
Patch independent volume meshing
approach with automatic edge
defeaturing
Useful for meshing fluid bodies in
single or multibody parts. Cannot be
used to mesh assemblies of parts
Cannot be used in combination with
other Meshing Methods
Can produce better results than
tetrahedral methods
Inflation support
Not supported for zero thickness walls
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Global Mesh Controls

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Appears when Mesh object is selected in Outline


tree

Allows definition of Global Mesh settings


Defaults : Set Physics and Solver preferences
Sizing : Specify sizing function (curvature, proximity,
f
fixed),
) mesh sizes, growth rate, etc.
Inflation : Prism layer growth
CutCellMeshing: CutCell meshing activation
Advanced : Advanced mesh parameters
Defeaturing : Ignore small features in geometry for
improving
p
g mesh q
quality
y
Statistics : View mesh count and mesh quality
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Local Mesh Controls

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The mesh can be controlled


locally by scoping a
combination of the following
options to the geometry:

Sizing
Contact Sizing
Refinement
Mapped Face Meshing
Match Control
Pinch
Inflation

They can be accessed under


Mesh in the Tree outline

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Virtual Topology

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When to use?
To merge together a number of small (connected) faces/edges
To simplify small features in the model
To simplify load abstraction for mechanical analysis
To create edge splits for better control of the surface mesh control New
in AM 13
13.0!
0!
Virtual cell modifies the topology
Without VT
With VT
Original CAD model remains unchanged
New faceted geometry is created with
virtual topology

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Connections

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Connections are mainly used to establish surface to surface contact between two
parts, mainly used for Mechanical Analysis
These contact regions are automatically resolved during a Mechanical analysis, but
will not be resolved in a CFD analysis
To resolve them
them, the faces in the contact regions should be made into a Named
Selection and defined as Interface zones in ANSYS Fluent or General Grid
Interface in ANSYS CFX.
Whether a mesh in conformal or non-conformal depends on how the geometry was
configured in DM
Multiple Parts (= Non Conformal Mesh)
Multi-body with Shared topology as Imprint (= Non Conformal Mesh)
Multi-body part with Shared Topology as Automatic (= Conformal Mesh)
However, Patch Independent tetrahedron meshing method with Match Mesh Where
Possible option may generate conformal grids whatever is the Shared Topology Method
used in DM

Geometry configurations mentioned above are set in DM


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Geometry Configuration Multiple Parts

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Contact Region is automatically created between parts


2 Faces at contact region
Each Part meshed separately
Results in Non-conformal interface
Grid Interface in Fluent or GGI in CFX can be defined for
the faces at the contact region

By default each new body (solid) created in DM is


treated as new Part
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Geometry Configuration Multi-body Parts

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Shared Topology as Automatic (default)


Faces at the Contact region are fused to form a single face
No Contact Region created
Common face acts as an Interior zone in Fluent

DM attribute

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Geometry Configuration Multi-body Part

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Shared Topology as Imprint


The boundaries of the faces at contact region are imprinted on each other resulting
in like faces
Contact Region is automatically created at like faces
Results in Non-conformal interface
Grid Interface in Fluent or GGI in CFX can be defined for the faces at the contact
region
i
In DesignModeler

To create identical mesh on the like faces use Match Control option. Use
Fuse option in FLUENT to fuse like faces to get Conformal mesh
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Named Selections

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Named Selections allow users to assign a


name to one or more selected entities in DM
or AM
The Named Selections used in DM can be
transferred to AM by allowing in the Workbench
options (Tools/Options/Geometry Import) before
open a DM session
All entities
titi within
ithi a N
Named
dS
Selection
l ti mustt b
be off
the same topology
Easy to reselect groups that will be referenced
often
Named selections are automatically exported to
solver modules like Fluent or CFX-Pre
Named Selections can be applied to the entities
of the same size,
size type or location
location, by using
new selection options New in AM 13!.
13! See the
Appendix at the end for details
Named
N
dS
Selection
l i groups can b
be iimported
d ffrom D
DesignModeler
i M d l
and other CAD systems
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Generating Mesh

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RMB click on Mesh object in the tree to access


intuitive contextual menu
RMB click on a body will allow to mesh the selected
body using Direct Meshing technique New in AM 13!
Generate Mesh
Generates the entire volume mesh

Preview Surface Mesh


Creates surface mesh only
Recommended to check the quality of surface mesh before
volume meshing
Saves significant amount of meshing time
Cannot preview surface mesh when using Tetrahedron
method with Patch Independent algorithm, MultiZone or
CutCell methods
Not recommended to be used with Direct Meshing
g approach,
pp
as it deletes existing volume mesh in all the bodies to
compute surface mesh
Generate Mesh for selected body is a better option to
view surface mesh when using Direct Meshing

After preview surface mesh it is possible to export the surface


mesh for volume mesh generation in other packages such as TGrid
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Section Planes

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Displays internal elements of the mesh


Elements on either side of plane displayed
Toggle between cut or whole elements display
Elements
El
t on the
th plane
l

Multiple section planes are allowed

For large meshes, it is advisable to switch to geometry mode (click on geometry in the
Tree Outline), create the section plane and then go back to mesh model
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Standard toolbar

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Create sectional plane to view cut section of


geometry and mesh
Add a text comment (tag) in Graphics window
Add comments ((notes)) within currentlyy
highlighted branch in Outline Tree

Cut Section

Capture Figures and Images of


graphics view
view.
Image is a static screenshot of model
Figure is dynamic screenshot
Used
U
d tto representt information
i f
ti off Mesh
M hT
Tree in
i ttabular
b l
format

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Text comment (tag)

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Standard toolbar

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Show all vertices on the model


Toggle wireframe mode on or off
Edge coloring by body color, by connection
or in black color
Show edges/faces with free (0, blue),
single (1
(1, red)
red), double (2
(2, black)
black),
triple (3,magenta) and multiple
(x, yellow) connectivity
All vertices and edge/face
connectivity on the model

New in AM 13.0!

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Model toolbar

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Active when Model object is selected in Outline tree


Virtual Topology : Create virtual entities by merging small faces and/or edges to
improve meshing
Symmetry : Define Symmetric portions of geometry with symmetry planes
Connections : Define Contact regions, Interfaces, etc.
Mesh Numbering : Renumbering the nodes and elements
Named Selections : Define named selections

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Mesh toolbar

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Active when Mesh object is selected in Outline tree


Update : Update geometry, generate mesh or write output data
Mesh : Generate or preview mesh in ANSYS Meshing
Mesh Control : Contains list of meshing controls like Mesh method
method, Sizing
Sizing,
Inflation, etc. that can be inserted in the outline tree
Metric Graph: Display or hide the mesh metrics graph
Options : Open Meshing Options panel for defining Physics preference and Mesh
method

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Coordinate Systems

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Create new Coordinate systems


Required during Match Control operation
Global coordinate system is available by default
Following transformations can be performed on
new coordinate system
Offset
Rotate
Flip
Flip

Offset

Rotate

Create
New
System

Change/Delete
transformation
order

Coordinate Systems Context toolbar

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Named Selections as Boundary Conditions

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Named Selections are also used to assign names to Boundary Zones and Cell
Zones and reference those in the Solvers like Fluent or CFX. Particularly the
Named Selections can be used to group regions for CFX-Pre
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Few examples of how the Named Selections can be used to automatically assign
boundary condition types in Fluent:
A 3D body can be assigned a named selection of fluid_1 if that body represents a fluid domain.
Fluent will assign a zone type of fluid to that cell zone when the mesh is transferred to Fluent
If a set of faces are assigned a Named Selection label of pressure_far_field_2, Fluent will assign the
boundary type of pressure-far-field when the mesh is imported to Fluent. Note that the name can be
any variation containing the keywords pressure, far, and field, like far_pressure_field_2, or
farpressurefield_2 or pressure-farfield_2 and it will still be recognized as pressure-far-field
boundary type when transferred to Fluent
A Named Selection label containing the keyword inlet and no other keywords pertaining to other
boundary condition types will be assigned a Velocity-Inlet boundary condition type. Similarly, a Named
Selection label containing the keyword outlet and no other keywords pertaining to other boundary
condition types will be assigned a Pressure-Outlet boundary condition type
Wall boundary type is assigned to a Named Selection label containing Wall or if it doesnt contain
keywords matching other boundary types
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Named Selections can be applied to selected geometries


Named Selections can be applied to a set of entities of
the same size, location or type by using the filter Apply
geometry items of same

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