Lecture 1

Introduction
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ANSYS Mechanical Advance

(Using Command Objects)
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 Welcome!

Welcome to the ANSYS Mechanical Advanced (Using

Command Objects) training course!
This training class provides an overview of using
Command Objects in ANSYS Mechanical to access
advanced solver functionality.
It is intended for users already familiar with ANSYS
Mechanical:
The ANSYS Mechanical GUI and analysis procedure are
not covered here but in the ANSYS Mechanical
Introduction course
Familiarity with ANSYS Mechanical APDL (ANSYS
Parametric Design Language) is helpful but not
required.

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 Cours
Objectives
Objectives of this training course:
Learn how to use the Mechanical APDL interface to verify and
postprocess models
Gain an understanding of APDL command syntax, as well as
APDL parameters
Explore different ways in which Commands objects can be
used to access advanced pre- and post-processing
functionality

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 Required ANSYS Products
(Licenses)
Only ANSYS Products that allow the use of
Command objects inside of ANSYS Mechanical
are pertinent to this course:
ANSYS Multiphysics
ANSYS Mechanical
ANSYS Structural
ANSYS Professional

Please note that the following ANSYS Products

cannot use Command objects and are not
applicable for this course:
ANSYS DesignSpace

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 Motivation for this Course
ANSYS Mechanical offers users unparalleled ease of
use with powerful nonlinear, dynamics, thermal, and
magnetostatic analysis capabilities.
Tight integration with many CAD systems and ANSYS
DesignModeler, including ability to update analysis based on
changes in CAD geometry
Robust meshing algorithms and automatic contact detection
Using geometry-centric approach simplifies steps for
analyst, and it allows for complete automation of analysis
procedure

Sample Autodesk Inventor Assembly

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 Motivation for this Course
However, there may be situations where users may
wish to access the underlying mesh and/or
additional solver functionality, including but not
limited to the following:
Adding special elements
Selection of special solvers or solution techniques
Interpolating results from a separate, different mesh
Composite beam
Rate-dependent or special nonlinear constitutive models
Custom post processing

The use of Commands objects makes the above

possible!
APDL (ANSYS Parametric Design Language) is a powerful
scripting language

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