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Chapter 1

ANSYS Workbench

ANSYS MeshingApplication Introduction

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Training ManualOverview

ANSYS Workbench Environment

Toolbox

Workbench Project Schematic

Linking Items in the Project Schematic

Workbench File Management Archiving your Workbench 12.0 project

Importing Models

Exporting Project Components

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Training ManualThe Workbench Environment

For most situations the Workbench GUI is divided into 2 primary sections(there are other optional sections well see in a moment):

The Toolbox The Project Schematic

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Training ManualThe Toolbox

The toolbox contains 4 subgroups:

Analysis systems: predefinedtemplates that can be placed in theschematic.

Component systems: variousapplications that can be accessed

to build, or expand, analysissystems.

Custom Systems: predefinedanalysis systems for coupledapplications (FSI, thermal-stress,etc.). Users can also create theirown predefined systems.

Design Exploration: Parametricmanagement and optimizationtools.

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Training ManualThe Toolbox

The systems and componentsdisplayed in the toolbox willdepend on the installedproducts.

Using the check boxes in theView All / Customize window,

the items displayed in thetoolbox can be toggled on or off.

The toolbox customizationwindow is normally left closedwhen not in use.

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Training ManualThe Project Schematic

The Workbench project schematic is a graphical representation of theworkflow defining a system or group of systems.

The workflow in the project schematic is always left to right.

There are currently several applications which are native to Workbench,meaning they run entirely in the Workbench window:

Project Schematic, Engineering Data and Design Exploration

Non-native applications (called data-integrated) run in their own window: Mechanical (formerly Simulation), Mechanical APDL (formerly ANSYS),

ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS CFX, Etc . . .

Blocks of cells can be deleted by RMB menu selection.

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In this example a Fluid Flow(FLUENT) analysis type isselected for the projectschematic.

From the toolbox the selectioncan be dragged and droppedonto the schematic or simplydouble clicked.

Note that a Mesh itemappears in the Fluid Flowblock

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Training ManualMeshing as a Component System

Note that you can also createan entry on the ProjectSchematic that is a standaloneinstance of the ANSYS MeshingApplication

In the example shown, theMeshing entry in the ComponentSystems toolbox is dragged ontothe Project Schematic

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Linkages between different entries in the schematic can be established ina number of ways

The RMB will reveal various choices to you

RMB

Linkage

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Training ManualWorkbench File Management

Workbench creates a project file and a series of subdirectories to manageall associated files.

Users should allow Workbench to manage the content of these directories.Please do NOT manually modify the content or structure of the projectdirectories.

When a project is saved a project file is created (.wbpj), using the user

specified file name (e.g. MyFile.wbpj). A project directory will be created using the project name. In the above

example the directory would be MyFile_files.

A number of subdirectories will be created in the project directory(explained next).

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Directory Structure:

dpn: this is the design point directory. This essentially isthe state of all parameters for a particular analysis. Inthe case of a single analysis there will be only one dp0

directory.

global: contains subdirectories for each application inthe analysis. In the example at right the Mech

directory will contain the database, and other associatedfiles from the Mechanical application.

SYS: the SYS directory will contain subdirectories foreach system type in the project (e.g. Mechanical, Fluent,CFX, etc.). Each system subdirectory contains solverspecific files. For example the MECH subdirectory

would contain the results file, the ds.dat file, solve.outfile and so on.

user_files: contains input files, user macro files etc. thatmay be associated with a project.

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From the Workbench View menu activate the Files

option to display a window containing file details andlocations.

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Archive: quickly generates a single compressedfile containing all pertinent files.

File is zip format and can be opened using theRestore Archive . . . utility in WB2 or any unzip

program.

Several options are available when archiving

systems as shown here.

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Training ManualImporting Models

Models developed before Release 12.0 of Workbench can be importedusing the Import icon. They will be converted to a WB 12.0 version

(V 11.0)

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Training ManualExporting Project Components

Project components can be exported from within the particular application.This is similar to saving from within an 11.0 Workbench App:

File/Export

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