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ANSYS Workbench
Overview
Training Manual
ANSYS Workbench Environment Toolbox Workbench Project Schematic Linking Items in the Project Schematic Workbench File Management Archiving your Workbench 12.0 project I Importing Models ti M d l Exporting Project Components
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ANSYS Workbench
Training Manual
For most situations the Workbench GUI is divided into 2 primary sections (there are other optional sections well see in a moment):
The Toolbox
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The Toolbox The toolbox contains 4 subgroups: Analysis systems: predefined templates that can be placed in the schematic. Component systems: various applications that can be accessed to build, or expand, analysis systems. Custom Systems: predefined analysis systems for coupled applications (FSI, thermal-stress, etc.). Users can also create their own predefined systems. d fi d t Design Exploration: Parametric management and optimization tools. t l
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The Toolbox The systems and components displayed in the toolbox will depend on the installed products. Using the check boxes in the View All / Customize window, the i h items di l displayed i the d in h toolbox can be toggled on or off. The toolbox customization window i normally l ft closed i d is ll left l d when not in use.
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Training Manual
The Workbench project schematic is a graphical representation of the workflow defining a system or group of systems. The workflow in the project schematic is always left to right. There are currently several applications which are native to Workbench, meaning they run entirely in the Workbench window:
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The Project Schematic In this example a Fluid Flow (FLUENT) analysis type is selected for the project schematic. From the toolbox the selection can be dragged and dropped onto the schematic or simply h h i i l double clicked. Note that a Mesh item appears i th Fl id Fl in the Fluid Flow block
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Meshing as a Component System Note that you can also create an entry on the Project Schematic that is a standalone instance of the ANSYS Meshing f S S Application I the example shown, the In h l h h Meshing entry in the Component Systems toolbox is dragged onto the Project Schematic
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Training Manual
Linkages between different entries in the schematic can be established in a number of ways The RMB will reveal various choices to you
Linkage
RMB
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Training Manual
Workbench creates a project file and a series of subdirectories to manage all associated files. Users should allow Workbench to manage the content of these directories. Please do NOT manually modify the content or structure of the project directories. When a project is saved a project file is created (.wbpj), using the user specified file name (e.g. MyFile.wbpj). A project directory will be created using the project name. In the above example the directory would be MyFile_files. A number of subdirectories will be created in the project directory (explained next).
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Workbench File Management From the Workbench View menu activate the Files option to display a window containing file details and locations.
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Workbench File Management Archive: quickly generates a single compressed file containing all pertinent files.
File is zip format and can be opened using the Restore Archive . . . utility in WB2 or any unzip program.
Training Manual
Several options are available when archiving systems as shown here. here
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Importing Models
Training Manual
Models developed before Release 12.0 of Workbench can be imported using the Import icon. They will be converted to a WB 12.0 version
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Training Manual
Project components can be exported from within the particular application. This is similar to saving from within an 11.0 Workbench App:
File/Export
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