AnsysWorkbench11Tutorial,Mech403,November2007 CBracketModelingTutorial

Introduction
ThistutorialisintendedtointroduceAnsysWorkbench11byconstructingaCbracketshownbelow.

YoucanopenAnsysfromwithinSolidWorks(viaToolsAddInsAnsys11)ordirectly: 1. StartProgramsAnsysWorkbench(whichmaytakeabout10minutestoopen)letsyouaccessthe WorkbenchStartwindow

2. ClickingonGeometrywillletyoubeginsketchingandmodifyingthepart:

3. TheDesignModelerpageopens(topregionshown)andtheuserisrequiredtoselectthedesiredunits. Page1of9CopyrightJ.E.Akin.Allrightsreserved.

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Sketching
4. OntheleftofthepageselectSketchingtoopentheconstructionTreeOutline

5. IntheTreeOutlineselecttheXYPlanefortheinitialsketch.Itopensasanisometricview.SelecttheLookAt (orNormalTo)icontogetthetrueshapeview

6. OntheleftofthepagetheSketchingToolboxespanelappearswiththelistoflineoptions

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7. FromthelistpickLinetobegintheinputofstraightlinesoutliningthebracketshape.SymbolssuchasV,andH appeartodenotewhenthelineisverticalorhorizontal,etc.

8. TorequirethetwoendsegmentstohavethesamelengthselectConstraintsEqualLengthandclickonthe twoendsegments.

9. BegindescribingthedimensionstobeavailableasparametricdesignfeatureswithDimensionsGeneraland selecttheleftmostverticaledge.TheparameterV1appearsasadimension.Thelettermeansthatitisa verticalline.Thevalueoftheactualdimensionwillbeassignedshortly.Notethatthereareseveralchoicesfor dimensionsintheDimensionspanel.

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10. Theinclinedsegmentofthebracketdoesnotappeartohaveparallelsidesasdesired.Toassurethatitdoes select(ontheleftofthepage)ConstraintsParallelandpickthetwolines.NotethattheConstraintspanelhas severalcommontypesavailablefortheuser.

11. ContinuewiththeremaininglengthdimensionsviaDimensionsHorizontalandselectthethreelocations.

12. Forthefinalparameterspecifytheangleoftheinclinedleg:DimensionsAngleandpicktheinclinedlineand thebottomline.SometimesyouwillwanttorightclicktospecifyanAlternateAnglechoice.

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13. Atthispointtheactualparametricdimensionswillbeinputtoreplacethoseintheinitialsketch.Ontheleftof thepagetheDetailsViewpanelcontainstheDimensionssubpanelwiththedefaultdimensionnames(V1,L4, etc)andtheirassketchedinitialvalues.Clickoneachvaluetobechangedandtypeinthedesiredvalues.The sketchchangesshapetoreflectthenewdimensionvalues.

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Extrusion
14. HavingcompletedthecrosssectionalsketchyouarereadytoformasolidwithanExtrudeoperation.Notethat iconatthetopofthepage,alongwithotherconstructionfeatureslikeRevolve,Sweep,Loft,etc. 15. ChangetoanIsometricView(byanyofvariousmethods)tobeabletoseetheextrusionnormaltothesketch.

16. PicktheGenerateiconatthetop(thisisafrequentlyusedicon)toactuallyperformtheextrusion.Adefault extrusionlengthappearsintheisometricview.

17. TospecifyadesiredextrusionlengthuseDetailsViewDetailsofExtrude1andclickonDepthandtypeinthe actuallength(here20mm).

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Features
18. Thepartisalmostcompleteexceptforinteriorfilletsandthesupportbolthole.Tocreatetheboltholeitis necessarytoselectoneofthetwotopplanes,insertacirclesketch,andcutoutthehole.Atthepagetoppick theSelectFaceicon,andclickonthelowersurface(thetopwouldhaveactuallybeeneasier).

19. IntheTreeOutlinerightclickonBodyCreateNewPlane.Adefaultnewplanenamewillappearinthetree.

20. UseSketchingSketchingToolboxesCircleandplacethecirclenearthecenterofthesurface.

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21. AddthenewdimensionswithDimensionsDiameter,DimensionsVertical,DimensionsHorizontal,and providethedesiredvaluesviaDetailsViewDimensionsforD1,H2,andV3.

22. ToformthecutselecttheSketch_nameandthenExtrude

23. Adefaultextrudelengthappears.SpecifyacutwithDetailsViewOperationandrightclickonAddMaterial andchangeittoCutMaterial.UseDetailsViewExtentTypeThroughAllGenerate.

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24. Forthefillets,picktheSelectEdgefiltericonandpickthethreeinterioredges.

25. FormanddimensionthefilletsCreateFixedRadiusBlendfollowedbyDetailsViewDetailsofFBlendtoset theradiusto3mmandApplytoseethefilletsappearandfinishthepart.

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