Iterative change of geometry in CAD and exporting it in Workbench
Iterative change of geometry in CAD and exporting it in Workbench
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Hello,
I am using Rhinoceros (CAD) and Ansys Workbench (FEA). Basically exporting solid models from CAD to FEA. In FEA, the procedure followed is:
1. Giving meaningful names to different geometry components
2. Assigning material
3. Defining contacts
4. Meshing
5. Setting up loads and boundary conditions
6. Setting up analysis properties - large deformation, etc.
Now after the first FEA run if I change something in a geometry component in CAD (example: fillet the sharp edges, increase bolt and hole diameter, etc.) then I have to import the new file in FEA. This leads to repetition of step 1-6. Is there a way to be able to make small geometry changes without repeating all the steps (especially 1 and 3)?
Regards,
Sushant
I am using Rhinoceros (CAD) and Ansys Workbench (FEA). Basically exporting solid models from CAD to FEA. In FEA, the procedure followed is:
1. Giving meaningful names to different geometry components
2. Assigning material
3. Defining contacts
4. Meshing
5. Setting up loads and boundary conditions
6. Setting up analysis properties - large deformation, etc.
Now after the first FEA run if I change something in a geometry component in CAD (example: fillet the sharp edges, increase bolt and hole diameter, etc.) then I have to import the new file in FEA. This leads to repetition of step 1-6. Is there a way to be able to make small geometry changes without repeating all the steps (especially 1 and 3)?
Regards,
Sushant





RE: Iterative change of geometry in CAD and exporting it in Workbench
Step 1 and 3 anyway you need to redo. But Ansys own parametric modelling and parametric analysis setup setting with will make it easy for iterations.
RE: Iterative change of geometry in CAD and exporting it in Workbench
RE: Iterative change of geometry in CAD and exporting it in Workbench
I don't have access to SpaceClaim. I have tried using the Design Modeller but it is not as user-friendly as Rhinoceros or AutoCAD. Still I'll try to get deeper into DM.