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Observe following after invoking ansys in next slide

1) Input Window

2) Output Window

3) Graphic Window

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Graphic window

Input Window

Output Window

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Input Window

!sed for inputting co""ands to create "odels#

Graphic Window

!sed to display "odels#

Output Window

$isplays %&'(' response to your input co""ands#

It is very useful to track errors by reading warning and

error "essages displayed in output window# %lwaystrack this window#

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ANSYS has 4 environments or routines.

1)Begin eve!

"his is active #$ de%au!t a%ter invo&ing ANSYS.

'an$ commands are routine speci%ic.

()prep * +reprocessor

"$pe ,prep command in input window.

It wi!! change #egin !eve! to preprocessor.

+reprocessor is used to create mode!s and

app!$ing #oundar$ conditions.

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-)So!ution *

"$pe ,so!u in input window to enter so!ution routine.So!ution routine is used to so!ve the mathematica!

pro#!em #$ using / method. It creates resu!t %i!e

that stores a!! ana!$sis resu!ts.

4)+ost +rocessor *"$pe ,post1 in input window to enter so!ution routine.

+ostprocessor is used to see the resu!ts o% ana!$sis.

"$pe %inish command in output window to go #ac& to

#egin !eve! %rom an$ routine.

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Begin !eve! is

de%au!t active

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"$pe ,prep and /N"/0 to

activate preprocessor

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"$pe %ini and /N"/0 "o

go #ac& to #egin !eve!

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ive "ost i"portant *eader +o""ands

fini ,,,will ensure that you are in -egin .evel

/clear ,,,will clear active "e"ory

/cwd0dte"p ,,,set the active directory/filna"0cantilever ,,,set the filena"e for the ob

/title0analysis of cantilever ,,,creates display title

'ee the effect of these co""ands in next few slides#

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!ic& on Yes or No

/clear

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/cwd,d:\tempwi!! set the

wor&ing director$ path.

O#serve output window

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"he de%au!t %i!ename is %i!e. 2se appropriate

%i!ename #$ command/filnam,name. "he %i!e

wi!! #e saved #$ this name in active director$.

i!ename wi!! appear

on !e%t top corner.

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/title,analysis of cantilever

wi!! create disp!a$ tit!e. 2se

short #ut descriptive tit!e.

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2se save command to save the %i!e #$ 3o#name.d#

o#name is the name used in ,%i!nam command

.d# is ca!!ed identi%ier meaning data #ase

"he %irst save wi!! create canti!ever.d# %i!e

Su#se5uent save wi!! create canti!ever.d## %i!e . .d##

is data #ase #ac&up. 6ata#ase o% previous save is

stored now in .d## %i!e and current data #ase is storedin .d# %i!e

"hese two %i!es get updated at each su#se5uent save.

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Save7d# is same as save

0esume7d# wi!! #ring !atest data

#ase into active memor$

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2se 5uit menu to

come out o% ans$s.

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+ower Graphics is de%au!t environment

%or graphics window.,graphics8 %u!! wi!! set %u!! graphics.

So%tware accesses %u!! data #ase with

this setting. "his is re5uired %or some

ca!cu!ations.

,graphics8 power wi!! set power

graphics on So%tware accesses data

on!$ on sur%ace o% the mode! with this

setting.

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/graphics0full

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"he commands we have !earned so

%ar are a!so avai!a#!e #$ c!ic&ing %i!emenu on top #ar.

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,c!ear

,%i!nam

,cwd

,tit!e

resume

save

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2se resume %rom to get previous!$ created %i!e in

active data #ase.

You can resume %rom canti!ever.d## to get previous

save

6ata#ase into active memor$.

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0esume %rom

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9e!p8command wi!! give

documentation o% the command

ie!d o% command.

"here can #e

severa! %ie!ds

:e$ is %ie!d

!a#e!

Appropriate input for

key is either FULL or

PO!"#

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ANSYS I/S *

'an$ %i!es are created a%ter so!ve command.6epending

2pon pro#!em si;e these %i!es can have si;e in GB.

,assign8 command can #e used to create %i!es with

%o!!owing e

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,assign8emat8d*@temp@canti!ever8emat

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2se o% ,assign

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#rst indicates resu!t structura!

.rth indicates resu!t therma!

.r%! indicates resu!t %!uid

.rmg indicates resu!t magnatic

or archiving minimum %i!es re5uired to #e saved are

.d# and .rth %i!es.