Ansys Workbench Study
1. SpaceClaim
Source->Make Independent;
Component, Analysis, Share Topology, Share: for meshing; Create a coordinate system at the centre of selected objects;
Use ‘Prepare’ & ‘Repair’, especially ’Imprint’ for splitting surfaces and ‘Split Body’ for simplification;
No need to deal with contacts;
Do not remove duplicate faces using ‘Duplicates’, which may cause body converted to surface;
Table 1 Processes for modification in Ansys SpaceClaim
Name Icon Illustration Make this copy of the component independent from all other copies Make Independent of this component. Multi-body Component Put all the independent bodies into one component. Share Topology Choose “Share” from the drop-down list to share topology for different bodies. Create a coordinate system at the centre of the selected objects. Click a face, plane or an edge loop to split the body. Optionally click regions to remove. Merge or split objects. Create a midsurface from groups of offset surfaces. Detect coincident faces, edges or vertices and imprint them to allow for mesh connections. Origin Split Body Combine Midsurface Imprint
