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IntroductiontoANSYS Meshing
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AboutANSYSInc.
ANSYS,Inc. DeveloperofANSYSfamilyofproducts GlobalHeadquartersinCanonsburg,PA USA(southofPittsburgh)

DevelopmentandsalesofficesinU.S.andaroundtheworld PubliclytradedonNASDAQstockexchangeunderANSS Foradditionalcompanyinformationaswellasdescriptionsand

schedulesforothertrainingcoursesvisitwww.ansys.com

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ANSYSFamilyofProducts
ANSYS,Inc.FamilyofProductsincludethefollowing:
ANSYSWorkbenchApplications Adevelopmentframeworkuponwhich ANSYSapplicationsarebuilt.Applicationsareavailableintheareasof structuralmechanics,geometry,CFD,rigiddynamics,electromagnetics, optimizationandmore. MechanicalAPDL traditionalANSYScommanddriveninterface. ANSYSCFD StateoftheartCFDsolvers,includingCFX andFLUENT. ANSYSICEMCFD ApplicationcontainingCFDmeshingtoolswithgeneral pre andpostprocessingfeatures.
ANSYSAUTODYN Explicitdynamicsolverfortransientnonlinearsimulationsinvolving largedeformationsandstrains,nonlinearmaterialbehavior,nonlinearbuckling, complexcontact,fragmentation,andshockwavepropagation.

ANSYSLSDYNA LSTCsLSDYNAexplicitdynamicsolvertechnologywiththepre/post processingpowerofANSYSsoftware.Thispowerfulpairingcanbeusedtosimulate crashtests,metalforging,stamping,andcatastrophicfailures.

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ANSYSEKM EngineeringKnowledgeManager
WhatisANSYSEKM?
ANSYSEngineeringKnowledgeManager(EKM)isawebbasedmultiuser collaborativeproductthatisaimedatmeetingthesimulationdataandprocess managementchallengesfacedbyourcustomers.EKMistightlyintegratedwithother ANSYSsimulationofferingsanditcanalsobeveryeasilyintegratedwithother simulationcodesincludinglegacyandcompetitorssoftware.

WhatisANSYSEKMDesktop?
ANSYSEKMDesktopisasingleuser,localenvironmentversionofEKM.Itisavailable aspartofANSYSR13releaseanditcanbeaccessedviaWorkbench.EKMDesktopis focusedatmeetingthechallengeofreusingexistingsimulationsandthereby increasingsimulationproductivityandefficiency. EKMDesktopcanbestartedunder theFilemenuintheProject window

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ANSYSCustomerPortal
ThisdocumentprovidesquicktouroftheANSYSCustomerPortal, including:

UsingtheSoftwareDownloadarea Productinformation CustomerSupport&Trainingtools

KnowledgeResources/FAQs TrainingMaterial&AnimatedTutorials OnlineSupportRequest Phonenumber Othertools

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1. Visithttp://www.ansys.com/customerportal/ 2. Forfirsttimeusers,clickRegisternow 3. Forreturningusers,clickoneofthefollowing: ANSYSCustomerPortal for Mechanical/Fluent/CFX/Ansoft Support FluentUserServicesCenterforlegacyFluent downloads

http://www.ansys.com/customerportal/

Notes: IfyouareencounteringdifficultieswiththeANSYS CustomerPortalpleaseclickontheANSYSPortalHelp SupportRequestForm ontheloginpage OnlineTechnicalSupportforallANSYSproducts, Mechanical/Fluent/CFX/Ansoft,isavailablethrough theANSYSCustomerPortal

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SearchtheKnowledgeResourcesforFAQs,Best Practices,Examples! NavigatetoimportantlocationsonthePortalwith theclickofanicon!

Survey:Weappreciateyour feedback!
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SupportandTraining
SupportRequest Submitaquestiontoasupport specialist.

AnimatedTutorials&Training Materials Watchshort28minutedemos DownloadPDFversionsofthetraining lectures

SearchKRs&SubmitSRs Typekeywordstoperformasearch Submit/Updatesupportrequests

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UsefulLinks Registerforlivetechnicalwebinars Registerfortrainingcourses Register/viewtheANSYSeNews

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HowtoSubmitaSupportRequest

FromtheANSYSCustomerPortal 1. ClickSubmitSupportRequest 2. Click Submit/Updatetechnicalsupportrequest 3. UnderMyServiceRequests,click New

OtherMethods ForNorthAmerica: Phone18007117199(makesurethatyourContact#(aka.IndividualCustomer#)is availablewhenyoucall! Supporthours 7:30amto8:00pmEasterntime

*CustomersservicedbyANSYSChannelPartnersshouldcontactthatChannelPartner fortechnicalsupport
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ChecktheStatusofExistingSupport Requests
ForANSYSDirectCustomers*: FromtheANSYSCustomerPortal 1. ClickSubmitSupportRequest 2. Click Submit/Updatetechnicalsupportrequest 3. ClicktheSR#ofinterest

ThroughPhoneinNorthAmerica 1. Call18007117199 2. Press1 forTechnicalSupport 3. Press2 forExistingTechnicalSupport 4. EnteryourSRnumberfollowedby# tobeconnectedtothesupportspecialist workingonyourrequest *CustomersservicedbyANSYSChannelPartnersshouldcontactthatChannelPartner tocheckonstatusofexistingsupportrequests
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HowtoUpdateaSupportRequest
Attachments Uploadlargefiles(>20MB)tothe ANSYSFTP.Attachsmallfiles(<20MB) directlytoSR.[Note:Todownload attachmentsyoumayneedtoadd https://crm.ansys.com toyourlistof trustedsites.]
ITARData PleasedonotattachITARcontrolleddatato yourSR. SRUpdates Communicatedirectlywithyoursupport specialistbyadding&viewingSRUpdates.

AssociatedSolutions Previouslycreatedsolutionsassociatedwith yourSRmaybeviewedhere.

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ANSYSCustomerPortalDownloadCenter
TheDownloadWizard Willguideyouthrough4easy stepstodownloadthe productsyouneed.Thecurrent releaseisANSYS13.0!

InstallationTutorials Downloadthesetutorials beforeproceeding.They includestepbystep instructionsoninstallingand setupyourapplications

DownloadAnsoft Products SelectAnsoft Productson Step1

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FLUENTUserServicesCenter
Note:Thelayoutofthispagemaychangewith furtherupdatestotheUserServicesCenter

ProductInformation ClickonaproducttoviewFAQs, documentation,tutorials,best practices,libraries,etc. AnimatedTutorials Watchshort28minute demonstrationsandthenwalk throughtheexamplefilesonyour own. LectureSeries Registertowatchlivewebinarson newfeatures.(1hour) SupportRequest Submitaquestiontoasupport specialist.
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Thankyouinadvanceforusingthe ANSYSCustomerPortal!

ConsiderfillingouttheSurveyontheCustomer Portal.Weappreciateyourfeedback,whichwill helpuscontinuetoimprovetheservicesweoffer!

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