Customer Training Material

Workshop 4

Creating a Heat
Exchanger Geometry

Introduction to ANSYS
DesignModeler

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Goals Customer Training Material

– Demonstrate the process of

creating geometry of a Radiator
(Heat Exchanger) using pattern &
thin/surface tools.

– The basic steps involved in creation

of this geometry are:
1. Creation of base geometry by
sketching and extrusion
2. Modifying the base geometry
using chamfer
3. Creating multiple copies of body
using pattern
4. Converting solid body into hollow
body by using thin/surface

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Launching Design Modeler Customer Training Material

• First start Workbench

• Go to Project Page > Component Systems > Geometry
1. Double click on Geometry Tab
2. Click Right Mouse Button (RMB) on Geometry template
then click on New Geometry

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Unit Selection Customer Training Material

– DM starts with a prompt to select desired length unit. Select “Millimeter” and
click OK.

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Sketching Customer Training Material

Create the Base sketch #1

– [Modeling] > A: Geometry > XYPlane
• Toolbar: New Sketch
• Sketch1 will be created on XYPlane
• In the Details view, rename Sketch1 to
“BaseSketch”.
• Toolbar: “Look At” icon

– [Sketching] > Draw > Rectangle

• Draw a rectangle from any arbitrary
location

– [Sketching] > Dimensions > General

• Dimension the rectangle (70X60 mm)
as shown.

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Body Creation and Modifications Customer Training Material

• Create the Base geometry

– [Modeling] > Extrude
• Toolbar: Extrude
• Extrude the “BaseSketch” with a
distance of 700 mm
• Click on Generate tab to complete
the process

– [Modeling] >Create>Chamfer
• Chamfer-1: Select the edges
as shown and “Left-right” distance
of 28 & 8 mm respectively.
• Click on Generate tab to complete
the process
• Chamfer-2: Similarly select the
other two edges of the same face
and use “Left-right” distance of 8 &
28 mm respectively.
• Click on Generate tab to complete
the process
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Using Pattern for Creating Multiple Bodies Customer Training Material

– [Modeling] >Create>Pattern
• Pattern: Create a linear pattern of the
existing body by using an “Offset”
distance of 80 mm and number of
“Copies” as 5.
• Finally click on generate tab to
complete the process.

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Plane Creation and Sketching Customer Training Material

– [Modeling] >Create>New Plane

• Plane: Create a plane by transforming YZ plane by 30
mm in Z-direction and 38 mm in Y-direction. Finally
click on generate tab to complete the process
• Insert a sketch on this plane by using

– [Sketching] > Sketch2

• Circle1: Draw a circle of 60 mm diameter with the
center at plane origin.
• Circle2: Draw another circle of 60 mm diameter on the
plane as shown.
• Dimension the distance between the circle as 624
mm. Click on generate to complete the process.

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Sketching Customer Training Material

– [Modeling]
• Insert one more sketch in “Plane4”
by using icon

– [Sketching] > Sketch4

• Circle3: Draw a circle of 36 mm
diameter at the center at plane
origin.
• Circle4: Draw another circle of 23
mm diameter at the center of Circle 2
of previous drawn sketch

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Body Creation for Tubes Customer Training Material

– [Modeling] > Create > Extrude2

• Extrude: Select “Sketch2” as “Base object”
for extrusion.
• Change the “Direction” to “Reversed”.
• Change the “Depth” to 480 mm.
• Click on generate.

– [Modeling] > Create > Extrude3

• Extrude: Select “Sketch4” as “Base object”
for extrusion.
• Change the “Depth” to 27 mm.
• Click on generate.

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Converting Solid into Hollow Body Customer Training Material

– [Modeling] > Create > Thin/Surface

• Thin/Surface : Change the “Selection
Type” to “Faces to Remove”
• Select the faces of projected cylinders
as shown.
• Keep the “Direction” to “Inward”
• Give the thickness of 3 mm.
• Click on generate to complete the
process.

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