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Exporting to ANSYS

Exporting to ANSYS

Exporting to ANSYS

(OP)
I got this error message when I tried to import SW created iges file in ANSYS.
 
"Area list could contain multiple volumes.  Make sure areas enclose only one volume."

Any general advice or comment will be appreciated.

 
 

RE: Exporting to ANSYS

I'm not familiar with ANSYS since we use Nastran and Mechanica.  But the IGES format is not the best format to use.  I would see if ANSYS can use parasolid or STEP formats.  Those have proved to be much more stable when we do SLA and other prototyping methods.

Read this file that I found on the web some time ago.

http://www.mooload.com/new/file.php?file=files/180407/1176920520/When+Bad+things+Happen+to+Good+CAD+Users.doc

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SWx 2007 SP 3.0 & Pro/E 2001
XP Pro SP2.0 P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
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RE: Exporting to ANSYS

(OP)
Thanks, but the file link seems not working.

RE: Exporting to ANSYS

Try this link

http://www.yourfilelink.com/get.php?fid=317010

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SWx 2007 SP 3.0 & Pro/E 2001
XP Pro SP2.0 P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
      o
  _`\(,_
(_)/ (_)

(In reference to David Beckham) "He can't kick with his left foot, he can't tackle, he can't head the ball and he doesn't score many goals. Apart from that, he's all right."  -- George Best

RE: Exporting to ANSYS

I had succed in outport a model from sw,and import it to ansys.
I had try in iges,and others format and lost.
But at the last,in the prasolid format I had succed in importing it. So  you can try it.

RE: Exporting to ANSYS

(OP)
Thank you.

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