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0 Update

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ANSYS Geometry and Meshing Advantages

Workbench-integrated Simulation-focused Specialized tools for engineering Seamlessly integrated into simulation engineering workflows Physics-aware meshing methods Automated update CAD-neutral Works with all major CAD systems and file standards CAD interfaces and file readers Feature Rich Connected to CAD parameters and attributes DesignModeler, SpaceClaim Extensive meshing methods and controls
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Highly automated Parametric and persistent Advanced meshing methods which automatically capture detail Flexible History-based and direct modeling Automatic to hand-crafted mesh WB Meshing and Extended Meshing tools
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ANSYS 13.0 Geometry and Meshing Feature release driven by customer requests Focused on providing value for: More automated and flexible CFD modeling/meshing process More automated and flexible Beams & Shells modeling/meshing process More robust hex modeling/meshing Improved performance

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13.0 Geometry Enhancements DesignModeler Improvements Beam and Shell Modeling Model Preparation Tools Usability and Performance Analysis Specific Tools SpaceClaim Integration Geometry Interface Improvements New CAD Readers Support for new CAD releases Geometry Interface Performance
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DesignModeler Improvements

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Automatic Surface Extension Improved shell modeling: Extension groups are identified based on user specified gap Initial value for the gap is prefilled Visual feedback for selecting gap View and edit options similar to repair tools
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Joints and Mid-Surface Improvements

Improved Mid-Surfacing Surface thickness can be assigned at the body level or at the face level Thickness assignment for multiple faces in a single step

Improved joint handling Joint feature now allows selection of both surface and lines Easy to form shared topology between line and surface bodies
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Visualization Tool to Display Connectivity

Edge color based on number of faces shared Free 0 face - Blue Single 1 face Red Double 2 faces Black Triple 3 faces Pink Multiple 4 faces Yellow Color choices can be customized

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Easy Visualization of Edge Connectivity

Thickness control for specific edge types View options to control display of specific types

Thick Multiple Display only Single edges

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Improved Selection Both sides highlighting during selection Easy to view selection in complex models
Single Side Highlighted Both Sides Highlighted

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Face Split by Points and Edges Easy and flexible options for geometry decompositions Multiple splits in a single step
Face Splits by Points and Edges

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Edge Split by Locations Split locations can be specified by mouse click Edge direction display is available for split by fraction method Multiple locations on one or more edges are supported Split locations can be modified after the split, by dragging the split points
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Edge Split by Locations

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Additional Decomposition Tools

Slice a solid by selecting edge loops

Splitting a face by screen locations

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Face Connect Ensures shared topology among faces within user specified tolerance Support for partial overlap
Connect Faces

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NS Propagation for Improved Persistence

Yes No

Original Selection

Yes Selection propagates to the resultant entity No The selection is destroyed by the operation
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Yes

No

Original Selection Yes No

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Instancing Support in DM Instancing support at the part level Instances imported from external CAD Instances can be defined in DM Benefits Improved performance Identical mesh on similar parts
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DM Electronics Custom tools to automate model preparation for Icepak Four levels of simplification supported Ability to specify Icepak primitives
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SpaceClaim Direct Modeler

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ANSYS SpaceClaim Direct Modeler

SCDM: Direct Modeling

DM: Feature Based Modeling

SCDM Compliments DesignModeler

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Improved Integration with WB Data-integrated with Workbench SC launched directly from the project schematic Geometry cell now offers two choices for editing

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Geometry Interface Improvements

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Supported CAD Versions at 13.0

Windows (Associative Interfaces) Pro/Engineer Wildfire 3, Wildfire 4 and WF 5 Autodesk Inventor 2010, 2011 CATIA V5 R18, R19, R20 SolidWorks 2009 and 2010 Solid Edge ST1 and Solid Edge ST2 UG NX 6, NX 7, NX 7.5 CoCreate Modeling 2008 and CoCreate Modeling 17 Teamcenter Engineering 2005, 2007, 2008 with UG NX 5 and UG NX 6 Windows (Readers) CATIA V5 R18, R19, R20 CATIA V4 IGES, STEP, ACIS, Parasolid LINUX Pro/Engineer WF3 UG NX 6 and NX 7.5 IGES, STEP, ACIS, Parasolid

Pro/Engineer WF 3, WF 4 and WF 5 JT Open

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Gambit Reader for Workbench Legacy model support for GAMBIT databases Reads Real (ACIS) geometry from a Gambit database Does not include reading meshing information Edit the geometry in DM Mesh the geometry in ANSYS Meshing

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Faster and Targeted Update

Model state is compared to identify changes Only changed bodies and parts are refreshed Meshing update is required only for the changed bodies Significant reduction in time for updating the mesh after modifying the model

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ANSYS Geometry and Meshing Advances

Introducing ANSYS 13.0
Simulation-focused Shell and beam improvements Mesh connections Improved physics preferences CAD-neutral New readers Updated CAD system support SpaceClaim Workbench-integrated Data-integrated SpaceClaim More parametric control of meshing Highly automated Improved performance Improved memory usage Smart updates

Feature Rich Flexible Direct Meshing CutCell Mesh method Extended Meshing Topology diagnostics CAD and Mesh defeaturing tools Extensive hex modeling/meshing
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