DM 11 ch02 Gui PDF
DM 11 ch02 Gui PDF
DM 11 ch02 Gui PDF
ANSYS DesignModeler
User Interface
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DesignModeler Overview
Training Manual
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D i M d l
DesignModeler
Fill Operation
Spot Welds
Split Surfaces
Surface Model Extraction
Planar Body Extraction
Beam Modeling
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DesignModeler Overview
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DesignModeler
DesignXplorer
BladeModeler
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File
Fil > Attach
Att h to
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Geometry:
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Detects and imports current CAD model from
open CAD system
g mode ((Bi-directional))
Plug-in
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GUI Layout:
The menus and toolbars
accept user input and
commands
Tool bars can be
d k d and
docked
d re-sized
i d tto
meet users preference
Mode Tabs
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Menus,
Toolbars,
Toolbars
Pull-down
Lists
Tree Pane
(includes
planes,
features,
operations,
i
bodies, etc.)
GRAPHICS
(Model View)
Mode Tabs
Display
Triad
Details
Pane
Status/Info Bar
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Auto Hiding
Panes are either pinned
or unpinned
An unpinned tab collapses when inactive
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Drag a title bar to move a pane (select with left mouse button and drag)
D
Drag
a ttab
b tto undock
d k a pane
Use the docking targets to preview the resulting location of the pane
Release the mouse button over a target to place or dock a pane
New location of Tree Outline
pane
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Docking Targets
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Window
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Managementt available
il bl iin Simulation
Si l ti and
d Meshing
M hi
Efficient use of the workspace
Enables ease of use and intuitive operation
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Main menu:
File: basic file operations
Create: 3D creation and
modification tools
Concept: Tools to create line
and surface bodies
Tools: global modeling
operations, parameter
management, program
customization
View: modify display settings.
Help: access documentation
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DesignModeler Toolbars
Training Manual
Sketching
Only
Plane/Sketch Controls
Selection filters/tools
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File management
Graphics controls
3D geometry tools
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DesignModeler Documentation
Training Manual
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On-Line Help
Copyright and Support Info
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Search
Tab
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Contents
Tab
Index Tab
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LMB
Geometry selection
<CTRL> + LMB adds/removes selected entities
Hold LMB and sweep cursor = continuous selection
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MMB
Free Rotation (shortcut)
RMB
Box Zoom (shortcut)
Open context menus
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Selection Filters
Training Manual
New
Selection
Single/Box
g
Selection
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Extension
Options
2D Points,
PF Points,
3D Vertices
Faces
2D Edges
Edges,
Model Edges,
Line Edges
Solid Bodies,
Surface Bodies,
Line Bodies
Adjacent/Flood
Select
In select mode the cursor changes to reflect current selection filter (it will
match the icon).
Adjacent Select, selects surfaces or edges adjacent to the current selection.
Adjacent Select will pick all model surfaces within a tangent tolerance of that
surface or edge.
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Selection Filters
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In Modeling Mode:
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Mouse Selection
Training Manual
Ctrl
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Hold
Note: To un-select all, click once in a blank area of the geometry window
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Selection Panes
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Box Selection
Training Manual
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Left to Right
Right to Left
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Graphics Controls
Training Manual
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Graphics Controls
Training Manual
Zoom in/out
Box Zoom
Fit model to graphics screen
Look At: select model feature (surface, line, etc.) then Look At. Model
automatically orients normal to feature, centered at pick point.
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Panning
Magnifier Window
Next / Previous views
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Graphics Controls
Training Manual
Left click on model temporarily resets center of view and rotation at cursor
location (identified
(
f
by red dot).
)
Left click in open area re-centers model and rotation center to centroid.
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Temporary
rotational
center
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Context Menus
Training Manual
Model View
Tree Object
Print Preview
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RMB
Tree
Sketch
Dimensioning
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Context Menus
Training Manual
Right click on any feature in the Tree Outline and select Insert
Allows you to insert a new feature before a selected feature in the Tree Outline
Insert Feature will roll back the model to its status before the selected feature in the
Tree Outline
Features below the Insert will remain inactive until the model is regenerated
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Feature Insert:
New Feature
Rollback
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Context Menus
Training Manual
Parts and Bodies can be Suppressed from the Tree Outline or the Model View
A suppressed part or body remains hidden and is NOT exported to CFX-Mesh or
Simulation.
Example: Suppress the solid part and only take the body that represents the fluid part to CFX
Mesh
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Context Menus
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The Go To feature allow quick navigation from the graphics window back
to the tree.
Choose to go to the Feature or the Body in the tree.
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Cursor Modes
Training Manual
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GUI Navigation
Workshop 2-1
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Goals:
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SKETCH1
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RMB
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Note:
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t We
W changed
h
d th
the operation
ti tto C
Cutt M
Material
t i l to
t create
t a hole.
h l Since
Si
the
th operation
ti mustt take
t k place
l
into
i t the
th
plane (-Z direction), the detail automatically changed to a Reversed direction. Through All is specified to
cause the extrusion to pass through the entire body.
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Exit DesignModeler
File > Exit
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