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Workflow and Usability• More intuitive and user friendly• Improved productivity by reducing number of clicks or steps needed to perform a task
Simulation Specific Custom Tools• More custom tools to automate model preparation for simulation
Interoperability• Improved interoperability with other CAD systems as well as among different ANSYS products
ANSYS 14.0 Geometry Drivers
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ANSYS 14.0 Geometry Advances
Focus on enhancing your productivity through new features, increased flexibility, efficiency and usability• ANSYS DesignModeler– Core modeling improvements– Application‐specific modeling
• ANSYS SpaceClaim Direct Modeler– Improved Workbench integration– Enhanced Model Preparation
• Interoperability– Support for new CAD releases – New CAD file readers
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• Direct entity selections are accepted for Extrude, Revolve, Sweep and Skin/Loft operations
• Named selections and sketches remain supported as valid inputs for greater automation and flexibility
Direct Entity Input for Modeling Operations
Extrude Revolve Sweep
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Toolbar Customization Option to customize Toolbars based on physics or other modeling
preference for easy and direct access to preferred features and tools
All features and tools
Mechanical centric features and tools
Fluids centric features and tools
Electronics centric features and tools
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F3: ApplyF4: CancelF6: Toggle display (shaded+edges/shaded/wireframe)
F7: Zoom to FitCtrl‐A: Select AllCtrl‐P: Toggle Point selection filterCtrl‐E: Toggle Edge selection filter
Ctrl‐F: Toggle Face selection filter Ctrl‐B: Toggle Body selection filterSketching mode onlyCtrl‐Z: UndoCtrl‐Y: RedoCtrl‐C: CopyCtrl‐X: CutCtrl‐V: Paste
More Hot Keys
New set of hot keys (short cuts) for frequently repeated operations
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• Improved visualization controls for modeling and topology verifications
• Available through View options or directly from the Toolbar
Additional Visualization Controls
Vertex DisplayEdge Direction Display
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Single/Box selection toggle• RMB + LMB combination to easily toggle between the two selection modes
Auto Freeze during slicing• Slice feature and Slice Material operations are now available for all bodies
– Both active and frozen
• Active bodies involved in the slice are changed to frozen state automatically
Additional Usability Enhancements
Active BodiesBodies involved in the slice are
changed to a frozen state automatically
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Improved Named Selection transfer between ANSYS DesignModeler and other ANSYS Workbench applications
Improved Error handling• Attach failures• Share topology failures
A new export property inside DesignModeler to control named
selection transfer to other workbench applications
Improved error handling to provide appropriate error and warnings in
case of failures
Improved Named Selection Transfer and Error Handling
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• Selection tolerance– Tolerance is used to detect face pairs in case of imperfect offsets
– Selecting an undetected pair manually provides feedback on tolerance value required, which can be used for automated selection
– Default value is set to zero
• Trimming and other cleanup improvements
Mid Surfacing Improvements ‐ 1
Without selection tolerance All the pairs detected successfully with Selection tolerance
Selection tolerance value is suggested to user
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• Graphical display of thickness (using color)
Mid Surfacing Improvements ‐ 2
Available through View Options or directly from
the Toolbar
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• A new option to import and create Shaft geometry
• Reads input from a text file and automatically creates line bodies with specified cross‐sections
Rotor Shaft Feature
Line bodies for rotor shafts
Cross sections are assigned automatically
Input data in a text file
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Performance ImprovementsExample CAD to
Meshing/Mechanical Transfer Time (Sec)
CAD to DM Transfer Time (Sec)
DM to Meshing/Mechanical Transfer Time (Sec)
R14.0 R13.0 % Diff
R14.0 R13.0 % Diff R14.0 R13.0 % Diff
Model 1 88.9 94.3 ‐5.7 233 176 32 82.4 81.3 1.2
Model 2 223.6 230.9 ‐3.1 650.1 746.5 ‐12.9 165.1 173.8 ‐5.0
Model 3 86.9 150.1 ‐42.1 76 137 ‐44.6 41.9 48.4 ‐13.3
Model 4 128.7 137.4 ‐6.3 168 173 ‐2.5 37.2 49.0 ‐24.0
Average Improvements
CAD to Meshing/Mechanical 16%
CAD to DM 32%; DM to Meshing/Mechanical 10%
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• Bi‐directional geometry transfer between Ansoft products and Workbench applications for multi‐physics simulations (DesignModeler/Mechanical/Meshing)
Improved Interoperability with Ansoft Products
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Several new readers to provide two types of interfaces for all major CAD systems for improved productivity and flexibility• Associative Interfaces
– Associative, parametric and Bi‐directional
• Readers– Native file readers for users without live CAD access
GAMBIT reader is enhanced to support non ACIS geometry
A new DWG Reader for AutoCAD
Improved model processing for faster and targeted updates
Improved CAD Interoperability
Pro/Engineer
ANSYS DesignModeler
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Associative Interfaces (Associative, bidirectional and parametric)
• Creo Parametric• Creo Elements/Pro• Creo Elements/Direct Modeling• Inventor 2012• SolidWorks 2011• NX 8.0• Solid Edge ST3 (103)• Solid Edge ST4• CATIA V5 R21• Teamcenter 8.0. 8.1, 8.3
CAD Readers• AutoCAD 2012*• Creo Elements/Pro• NX 7.5• Inventor 2011• SolidWorks 2011• Catia V5 R20• Catia V4• IGES and STEP• Parasolid 24.0• ACIS R21• GAMBIT 2.4
* Requires an AutoCAD installation
CAD Interoperability Options
New(updated) Geometry Interfaces at R14.0
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Improved ANSYS Workbench Integration • Improved Associativity and data transfer• Support for multiple design points
Preview options for Topology Sharing • Preview sharing to view topology sharing before transferring the model into Workbench
• Help detect and fix topology sharing issues before transfer
ANSYS SpaceClaim: Improved Integration
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• Progress reporting• Options to specify multiple faces as seeds to create more than one volume in a single step
• Option to preview face selection propagation to detect leaks during volume extraction
ANSYS SpaceClaim: Volume Extract Tool Improvements
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Improved Selection and Repair Options
• More Selection Options• Select Parents• Select Children
• ClipView option to isolate and examine selected region
• Multi‐face patch option for fixing missing faces
ClipViewWithout multi‐face
patch onWith multi‐face
patch on
ANSYS SpaceClaim: Improved Selection and Repair
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Summary/Conclusion
ANSYS 14.0 Geometry advances greatly improve productivity through new features, increased flexibility, efficiency and usability
• ANSYS DesignModeler– Core modeling improvements– Application‐specific modeling
• ANSYS SpaceClaim Direct Modeler– Improved Workbench integration– Enhanced Model Preparation
• Interoperability– Support for new CAD releases – New CAD file readers
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