Lecture 3 AUTODYN User Interface
Transcript of Lecture 3 AUTODYN User Interface
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Lecture 3 AUTODYN User Interface
Introduction to ANSYS Autodyn part II
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ANSYS®AUTODYN® User Interface
Create and View
Animations GIF, MPEG, AVI, GFA
Set Up Model
Interactively
Import Models LS-DYNA
Nastran
ICEM-CFD
Access Extensive
Material Library
Context-sensitive Help Linked to extensive
and readable HTML Manuals
Open Architecture User Subroutines
User Variables
Set Up
Parallel Processing Host Configuration
Decomposition
Load Balancing
Load / Save Model Startup Files
Restart Files
Run Analysis Interactively Visually Refreshed
Stop / Start at any time
Interrogate progress
View Results Advanced FE & CFD Visualization
Time Histories
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Components of the User Interface
Pull-down
Menus
Dialog
Window
Tool Bar
View
Panel
Message
Panel
Navigation Bar
Command
Line Panel Dialog
Panel
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Set Up A Model
Control The View
Run/Stop a Calculation
Navigation Bar
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Use these buttons to manipulate your
image (translate, rotate, scale, e.t.c.)
Use these
buttons to
compose
your image
View Panel
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Dialog Panel
Dialog Window
Help Cancel Accept
Button
opens
window
Dialog Panel and Dialog Windows
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Message Panel
Command Line Panel
Message and Command Line Panels
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Forced entry fields
New Model / Forced Entry Fields
• Ident and Symmetry are forced entry fields
– Must enter values before input is accepted by AUTODYN
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AUTODYN Filenames
• Files associated with a particular model use the model Ident
In the filename Ident_0.ad Cycle 0 Save file
Ident_428.ad Cycle 428 Save file
Ident_0_428.adres Cycle 428 Results file
Ident.his History file
Ident.sum Summary file
Ident.prt Print file
Ident.log Log file
Ident.uhs User History file
Ident.fil Remap file
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AUTODYN Filenames
• Other AUTODYN files
autodyn.ini AUTODYN initialization file
matlib_name.mlb Material library file
partlib_name.slb Part library file
setting_name.set Plot settings file
slide_name.seq Sequence file for slideshow
slide_name_nn.gif Slideshow files
animation_name.gif GIF animation file
animation_name.gfa GFA animation file
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Integrated Help and Documentation AUTODYN Component System Help
• Part of ANSYS Help system
• Can be launched from AUTODYN GUI in various ways
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Customized AUTODYN Startup
• Change startup options
– by using the Options > Default
Settings pull-down menu
– by directly editing the file
autodyn.ini
• If you have any visualization
problems, particularly with
creating and viewing slides /
animations, turn off the two
Hardware Acceleration Settings
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Setup Options
Capture single
bitmap image slide
Capture multiple
bitmap image slides
Create a text slide
Compose slideshow
from bitmap image
slides
Generate GIF, AVI
or MPEG animations
Slideshows and Animations
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Create a single 3D image or a sequence or 3D images
• No compose options
• GFA animation is created immediately following the capture of the single image or the sequence of images
• .gfa file extension
Playback using the AD ANSYS Viewer
• During playback
– Zoom
– Rotate
– Translate
Animation
Interactive Animations (GFA)