Why Use Workbench?

Top 5 reasons (contd):

Robust Meshing
Can tolerate imperfect geometry Hex-dominant meshes Gap meshing tool for field analyses

They wrote a macro for it!

Bearing loads Compression-only support Force on area, moments on solids Etc.

See also the Oct 2005 issue of PADTs The Focus publication.
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Simulation Work Flow

Import Geometry Assign Materials Review/Modify Contact Regions Mesh Controls Apply Loads / BCs Solve ds.dat File Batch Solution XML Results File(s) Review Results
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First step in learning the use of commands in WB is to understand the overall work flow. Pressing Solve button in Simulation creates an APDL input file, ds.dat, in the solver working directory.
This is what enables the use of commands.