Nyquist / Haghighi

ABE 601

Importing Piston File into ANSYS

The following are step-by-step procedures for importing the piston geometry into ANSYS.
Importing the .igs file:
Note: Before starting ANSYS, unzip the file piston_quarter_geometry.zip using a program such as
Winzip.
(GoTo Utility Menu)
File
Import
IGES
Iges Import Option: No defeaturing
MERGE Merge coincident keypts?: Check Yes
SOLID Create solid if applicable: Check Yes
SMALL Delete small areas?: Check Yes
OK

Click Browse and select the .igs file & OK

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Creating the geometry from the .log file:

Note: Before starting ANSYS, in WebCT click on the link Piston Geometry Log File. Select all of the
ANSYS code, copy and paste it into a blank notepad (or other text editor) file. Save the file as
piston_geometry.txt.
Method 1:
(GoTo Utility Menu)
File
Read Input from
Select the file piston_geometry.txt & OK

Method 2:
(GoTo Utility Menu)
In the ANSYS Command Prompt, paste the lines of code and press Enter.

Select all of the code, copy and paste it here.

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Drawing the Geometry:

(Go To Main Menu)
Preprocessor
Modeling
Create
Keypoints
In Active CS
X,Y,Z Location in active CS :
X,Y,Z Location in active CS :
X,Y,Z Location in active CS :
X,Y,Z Location in active CS :
X,Y,Z Location in active CS :
X,Y,Z Location in active CS :
X,Y,Z Location in active CS :
X,Y,Z Location in active CS :

27 , 0 & Apply
35 , 0 & Apply
35 , 40 & Apply
25 , 40 & Apply
25 , 30 & Apply
0 , 35 & Apply
0 , 26 & Apply
27 , 26 & OK

Lines
Lines
Straight Lines
(Pick keypoints 1 & 2) & Apply
(Pick keypoints 2 & 3) & Apply
(Pick keypoints 3 & 4) & Apply
(Pick keypoints 4 & 5) & Apply
(Pick keypoints 5 & 6) & Apply
(Pick keypoints 6 & 7) & Apply
(Pick keypoints 7 & 8) & Apply
(Pick keypoints 8 & 1) & OK
Line Fillet
(Pick lines 4 & 5) & Apply
RAD Fillet radius: 4 & Apply

(Pick lines 7 & 8) & Apply

RAD Fillet radius: 10 & OK
Areas
Arbitrary
By Lines
Pick lines 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 5, 6, 7, 10, 8 & OK

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Operate
Extrude
Areas
About Axis
Pick Area 1 & OK
Pick Keypoints 6 & 7 & OK

(Area to be extruded)
(Line representing axis of revolution)

ARC Arc length in degrees: -90

NSEG No. of volume segments: 1 & OK

Create
Volumes
Cylinder
Solid Cylinder
WP X: 0
WP Y: 10
Radius: 5
Depth: 10 & OK
Move / Modify
Volumes
DZ Z-offset in active CS: -36 & OK

Operate
Booleans
Subtract
Volumes
Pick Volume 1 & OK
Pick Volume 2 & OK