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Import to ANSYS APDL from solidworks issues

Import to ANSYS APDL from solidworks issues

Import to ANSYS APDL from solidworks issues

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Hi all,

I'm new to these forums and really hoping someone can help me out. I'm trying to import a model created in solidworks to APDL, and I've tried literally everything I can think of. Here's the two main questions I'm looking for answers to:
  • Is there a way to use the workbench mesher and export as a .db to open in classic?
  • Is there a way to reflect volumes about planes other than the Cartesian planes in classic?
I can go into a lot greater detail about the specific issues I'm having, but if there's a simple answer to either of those questions it should be the solution I'm looking for. In brief I need to import 1/8 of a geometry which is symmetric about the Cartesian planes, mesh it, and then mirror to ensure a symmetric mesh. Importing via IGES and parasolid fails for some reason. If I cut the 1/8 in half, to get 1/16 of my model, it imports fine via parasolid, but then I need to mirror about a plane incident with the Cartesian y-axis and in between the x and z and can't figure that out.

I also tried using workbench, and found that I can open the solidworks file directly, and mesh through WB with no problems. But the code for my analysis is already done in APDL, and the guy who's doing that wants us to provide him with a .db file of the meshed component so he can analyze them in classic using his existing code.

Anyway, I'm quite stuck and any help would be greatly appreciated!!

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