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Chapter 2
ANSYS DesignModeler
User Interface
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DesignModeler Overview
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DesignModeler (DM) is a component

of ANSYS Workbench.
A CAD-like modeler with analysis
modeling goals:
Performs unique geometry modification
capabilities for simulation:
Feature Simplification
Enclosure Operation
D i M d l
DesignModeler
Fill Operation
Spot Welds
Split Surfaces
Surface Model Extraction
Planar Body Extraction
Beam Modeling
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Contains parametric modeling

capability:
2D Sketcher with Dimensions
and Constraints
Integrates directly with Ansys
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Workbench
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Simulation
Meshing
Advanced Meshing (ICEM)
DesignModeler
DesignXplorer
BladeModeler
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DesignModeler and CAD Files

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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
File > Import External Geometry File . . .
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A DesignModeler session can begin with CAD

geometry:
Browse to and open neutral geometry files

(Parasolid, SAT, etc.)
Reader mode
Import options include:

Body type (solid, surface, all)
Simplification
Geometry: turns NURBs into analytic
geometry if possible
Topology: merges duplicate entities
Clean/Heal: attempts to repair incomplete or
poorly defined geometry
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DesignModeler GUI Overview

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GUI Layout:
The menus and toolbars
accept user input and
commands
Tool bars can be
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docked
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meet users preference
Two Basic Modes of

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Sketching tab (2D)
Modeling tab (3D)
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Mode Tabs
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Menus,
Toolbars,
Toolbars
Pull-down
Lists
Tree Pane
(includes
planes,
features,
operations,
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bodies, etc.)
GRAPHICS
(Model View)
Mode Tabs
Display
Triad
Details
Pane
Status/Info Bar
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Workbench Window Manager

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Move and resize panes

Tab Docking
Auto Hiding
Auto Hiding
Panes are either pinned
or unpinned
An unpinned tab collapses when inactive
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Allows users to configure the individual panes as required
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Drag a title bar to move a pane (select with left mouse button and drag)
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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
Click and drag
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Moving and Docking
Docking Targets
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Use the Windows>Reset Layout from the View menu
Window
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Managementt available
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Efficient use of the workspace
Enables ease of use and intuitive operation
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Restoring Original Layout
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DesignModeler Main Menu

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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
Details for each topic are covered

in later sections
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DesignModeler Toolbars
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Sketching
Only
Plane/Sketch Controls
Selection filters/tools
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File management
Graphics controls
3D geometry tools
Details for each topic are covered in later sections

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DesignModeler Documentation
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On-Line Help
Copyright and Support Info
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Accessing Help Topics

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Basic Mouse Functionality

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LMB
Geometry selection
<CTRL> + LMB adds/removes selected entities
Hold LMB and sweep cursor = continuous selection
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Basic mouse control (3 button mouse

assumed):
MMB
Free Rotation (shortcut)
RMB
Box Zoom (shortcut)
Open context menus
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Selection Filters
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Feature selection is done by activating one of the selection filters (also

from RMB)
New
Selection
Single/Box
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Selection
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Model features are identified by graphically picking them (selecting) using

the left mouse button
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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Selection filters can also be set via

RMB on the Model View:
In Sketching Mode:
In Modeling Mode:
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Mouse Selection
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Ctrl
Depends on current selection filter (lines,

surfaces, etc.)
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Add to or remove from current selection set
Paint Select - hold left mouse button then

move (paint) mouse over entities to be
selected
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Hold
Depends on current selection filter (lines,

surfaces, etc.)
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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Selection Panes allow

selecting hidden geometry
(lines, surfaces, etc.) after
initial pick
Panes are color coded to
match part colors (for
assemblies)
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Multi-select
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techniques
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apply
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to selection panes as well
Initial mouse click

Note, each pane represents an entity (surface
Note
(surface, edge
edge, etc) that an imaginary
line would pass through starting from the initial mouse click location and
proceeding into the screen in the normal viewing direction.
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Box Selection
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The Selection Toolbar includes a Select

Mode button allowing users to select items
via Single Select or Box Select
Selection based on currently active filter
Type of selection based on dragging direction:
Drag from left to right: items completely enclosed
in the box are selected
Drag from right to left: items completely and
partially
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box are selected
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Left to Right
Right to Left
Note the difference in the hash marks along the

edges of the box to help you determine which
box selection type will be performed
performed.
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Graphics Controls
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Cursor near center of graphics screen =

free rotations
rotations.
Cursor outside center = rotation about Z

view.
view
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Rotate Behavior (LMB):
Cursor near top or side edge of graphics

screen = rotations
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about
b t X (top/bottom)
(t /b tt ) or
Y (left/right) axes.
Note: the cursor will change style depending on

window location/action
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Graphics Controls
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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
Additional Mouse Controls

While in select mode:
Center mouse button = free rotations.
Right mouse button = box zoom.
Shift + Center mouse button = zoom.
Ctrl + Center mouse button = pan.
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Graphics Controls
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Left click on model temporarily resets center of view and rotation at cursor
location (identified
(
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by red dot).
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Left click in open area re-centers model and rotation center to centroid.
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While in Rotate, Pan, or Zoom mode:
Temporary
rotational
center
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Context Menus
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Model View
Context Sensitive Menus appear:
Tree Object
Print Preview
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RMB
Tree
Note: to delete a feature: highlight

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on Tree, RMB >Delete, or
<Delete> using keyboard
Sketch
Dimensioning
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Context Menus
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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
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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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Feature / Part Suppression: RMB
Features can be suppressed from the Tree Outline

When a feature is suppressed, any feature that is dependent on it is also suppressed
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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
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Mouse Cursor is context sensitive

Indicates chosen operation
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Viewing, Rotation
Selecting
Sketch AutoConstraints
System Status busy, wait
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GUI Navigation
Workshop 2-1
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Workshop 2-1, GUI Navigation

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Start DesignModeler and open an existing database (agdb).

Navigate through several of the GUI viewing controls.
Create a new plane from an existing face.
Create and dimension a sketch on the new plane.
Extrude the sketch to modify the existing geometry
geometry.
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Start Page Setup:

1. Open the ANSYS Start
Page click on Browse
2. From the Drop down
menu Files of type..
choose Design Modeler
Geometry (*.agdb)
3. Click on link1.agdb and
open
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When a DM database is first

opened you must Generate it
before yyou can work with it.
This is indicated by the
lightening bolt icon next to all
branches in the tree.
Generate the model.
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Click the + next to XYPlane in the tree then highlight

SKETCH1.
[Modeling]: Link1 > XYPlane > SKETCH1
Observe that the base sketch is now displayed in yellow.
Click on the Sketching tab and observe that the dimensions
are now displayed.
Click on the Modeling tab
tab.
Click the + next to Extrude1 to expand the branch.

[Modeling]: Extrude1 > SKETCH1
Observe that SKETCH1 is associated with the XYPlane as
well as Extrude1.
Extrude1
SKETCH1
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Click the blue Iso ball in the triad in

the graphics window.
RMB
This orients the model to an

isometric view.
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Use
the right
i ht mouse b
button
tt and
dd
drag
a zoom window around the top
surface of the model. Note this is a
shortcut for zoom operations.
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Using the left mouse button click on the top

surface to select it.
Click on the new p
plane icon to create a
plane. A preview of the plane is displayed
with a triad at the plane origin (RGB = XYZ).
Note: by pre-selecting the surface then
creating the plane the details indicate the
plane will be a From Face type.
Leave the default settings in the plane details

and Generate the plane.
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Notice that Plane4 is created and becomes

the active plane.
Click on the Look At icon to orient Plane4 to
a normal view.
Go to the Sketching tab and draw a circle
near the center of the plane.
[Sketching] > Draw > Circle
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Before dimensioning the sketch well

verify some of the sizes of the original
part.
part
Click the Select icon and highlight the
right edge of the sketch plane. Notice the
status bar indicates the length is 10mm.
p
the above to verify
y the length
g of a
Repeat
horizontal edge is 80mm.
Go to the dimensions toolbox and leave
General as the default choice.
[Sketching] > Dimensions > General
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General dimensioning is controlled

via a RMB in the graphics screen.
To place the first dimension RMB and
choose Horizontal. Pick the circle
center and the left edge of the sketch
plane. Then place the dimension by
clicking on a location.
Note the From Face plane allows us
to use the bounds of the plane for
dimensioning.
Repeat the above steps to place a
vertical dimension from the circle
center to one of the horizontal
bounds of the plane.
plane
Finally dimension the circle.
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After the dimensions have been

placed use the Detail window to
modify the 3 values
values.
Use the following values to dimension

the sketch:
Horizontal = 40mm
Vertical
= 5mm
Diameter = 5mm
Note: the dimension names in your

sketch may vary from those shown
here.
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With the sketch fully defined well create

an extrusion to place a hole in the
geometry.
Pick the Extrude icon from the main
menu.
Setup the extrude operation via the
details window as follows:
Generate the extrusion.
Note:
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t We
W changed
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the operation
ti tto C
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Material
t i l to
t create
t a hole.
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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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Click the + next to Plane4 in the

tree and highlight Sketch2.
[Modeling] > Plane4 > Sketch2
In the Detail for Sketch2 change

the Sketch name Hole Sketch.
Highlight Extrude2 in the tree.
[Modeling] > Extrude2
In the Detail for Extrude2 change

the Extrude name to Center
Hole.
Note: spaces in names are

removed:
Hole Sketch => HoleSketch
Use an underscore _ as a
spacer if desired:
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Hole_Sketch => Hole_Sketch
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Use the middle mouse button to rotate

the model and inspect the feature. Note
this is a shortcut for model rotations.
Using the View menu toggle between
the shaded and wireframe display
modes.
Return to the Project page and save the
project and all associated files.
File>Save
Exit DesignModeler
File > Exit
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Chapter 2

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DesignModeler (DM) is a component

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Contains parametric modeling

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DesignModeler and CAD Files

File > Import External Geometry File . . .

A DesignModeler session can begin with CAD

Browse to and open neutral geometry files

Import options include:

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DesignModeler GUI Overview

Two Basic Modes of

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DesignModeler GUI Overview

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Workbench Window Manager

Move and resize panes

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Allows users to configure the individual panes as required

Workbench Window Manager

Click and drag

Moving and Docking

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Workbench Window Manager

Use the Windows>Reset Layout from the View menu

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Restoring Original Layout

DesignModeler Main Menu

Details for each topic are covered

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Details for each topic are covered in later sections

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Accessing Help Topics

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Basic Mouse Functionality

Basic mouse control (3 button mouse

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Feature selection is done by activating one of the selection filters (also

Model features are identified by graphically picking them (selecting) using

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Selection filters can also be set via

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Depends on current selection filter (lines,

Add to or remove from current selection set