Techniques in
ANSYS Workbench
Presented by:
Eric Stamper
4/9/2015
2015 CAE Associates
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Agenda
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Defeaturing
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Show Vertices
Set Edges Only in details menu of Virtual Topology
RMB Click > Generate Virtual Cells
Geometry
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Automatic VT Edges
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Useful to:
AMDB On
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Geometry containing
small details
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Patch Conforming
Patch Independent
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Patch Independent
Defeaturing Control
1. Set Mesh Based Defeaturing On
2. Set Defeaturing Tolerance
3. Assign Named Selections to
selectively preserve geometry
Defeaturing
Tolerance Off
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MultiZone:
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Hexahedral
Meshing
MultiZone Meshing
Method Behavior
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Algorithm:
Step 1) 2D Blocking
Step 2) 3D Blocking
Step 3) Inflation (if applied)
2D Imprints
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3D Blocks
Inflation
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Multizone Examples:
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Refinement within
Volumes
Inflation
Inflation
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3D Shell
2D Surface
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