Intro to ANSYS NCode DL 14 5 L03 WB DL Integration

Introduction to ANSYS nCode DesignLife

Customer Training Material

Lecture 3: Workbench/DesignLife

Integration


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April 20133

Customer Training Material Agenda

• Review Workbench interface

• Discuss accessing ANSYS nCode DesignLife

• Discuss transferring data from ANSYS Mechanical to DesignLife

• Explain management of DesignLife files

• Review DesignLife material library

• Discuss interaction of ANSYS nCode DesignLife and Workbench

Parameter Manager




April 20133

Customer Training Material Workbench Overview

• Workbench is the interface used to host ANSYS products and

interact with CAD systems and other third-party software

• Workbench environment supports two types of applications

– native applications that run within the Workbench window

• Parameter Manager, Engineering Data, etc.

– data integrated applications that open in a separate window

• ANSYS Mechanical, ANSYS nCode DesignLife, etc.




April 20133

Customer Training Material Workbench Environment

• Workbench environment is divided into 2 primary sections

Toolbox Project Schematic




April 20133

Customer Training Material Toolbox

• Analysis Systems

– predefined analysis templates

• Component Systems

– individual applications used to build analysis systems

• Custom Systems

– predefined coupled-field analysis systems

• Design Exploration

– parameter manager

– optimization tools




April 20133

Customer Training Material Project Schematic

• Project schematic contains a graphical representation of the workflow

– toolbox entities are dropped into project schematic to create workflow




April 20133

Customer Training Material Accessing DesignLife

• ANSYS nCode DesignLife is accessed from WB project page

– 7 pre-defined DesignLife workflows are stored in the Toolbox

– can be used “as-is” or modified

– user-defined DesignLife workflows can be added to the Toolbox




April 20133

Customer Training Material Accessing DesignLife

• To share Engineering Data and transfer Mechanical results, drop a

DesignLife Analysis System onto the Solution cell of the Mechanical

system




April 20133

Customer Training Material Transferring WB Data to DesignLife

• When DesignLife system is linked to Engineering Data cell of

Mechanical system, ANSYS nCode DesignLife opens ds.dat file and

reads

– unit system

– material information

– Named Selections (optional)




April 20133

Customer Training Material Transferring WB Data to DesignLife

• When DesignLife system is linked to Solution cell of Mechanical

system, ANSYS nCode DesignLife opens the file.rst file and reads

– node information (numbers, locations, etc.)

– element information (connectivity, attributes, etc.)

– stresses/strains




April 20133

Customer Training Material File Management

• Workbench uses a project file, project directory, and a group of

subdirectories to manage files associated with a project

– ANSYS nCode DesignLife files are fully managed by WB

• When project is saved, project file (.wbpj) and project directory with

same name are created

– subdirectories are created under the project directory

– including a subdirectory containing the DesignLife files

DesignLife database




April 20133

Customer Training Material Project Archive File

• Archive utility generates compressed file that contains all project files

– accessed through the “File” menu

– stored in zip format (.wbpz)

– can be unzipped using the “Restore Archive . . . ” utility

– ANSYS nCode DesignLife files are included in the archive




April 20133

Customer Training Material nCode Material Library

• nCode material library is integrated into Engineering Data

– if nCode library is not exposed, pick add new library button and browse

to find nCode_matml.xml file

– location may vary depending on system




April 20133

Customer Training Material Parameter Manager

• ANSYS Mechanical and ANSYS nCode DesignLife share the WB

Parameter Manager

• Fatigue life and damage can be passed as parameters from

DesignLife to the WB Parameter Manager




April 20133

Customer Training Material Summary

• ANSYS nCode DesignLife is integrated into the Workbench platform

– 7 pre-defined DesignLife workflows are stored in the Toolbox

– user-defined DesignLife workflows can be added to the Toolbox

– nCode DesignLife material library integrated into Engineering Data

– ANSYS nCode DesignLife files are fully managed by WB

• stored in project archive

– DesignLife shares the WB Parameter Manager

Intro to ANSYS NCode DL 14 5 L03 WB DL Integration

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