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ANSYS ACT - an example
Luiz Gustavo Lima Vinicius Strugata Ambrosio
Contents
ACT Overview
Overview
Some Definitions
Mature Levels for ACT
Optimum Processes Amplify Engineering
ACT By Example
LS-Dyna in Workbench
Overview
Positioning
• ACT is an easy-to-use and comprehensive toolkit for performing customization within ANSYS Mechanical
Key point: Usability
• User skill required for effectively using ACT is somewhere between an application engineer and a programmer, and no need for a compiler
Components
• ACT Module (licensed) and derived ACT Extensions (not licensed)
• Both require presence of an ANSYS Mechanical license to run
Some Definitions
ACT Module (for the “expert”)
• Used to create ACT-based customizations or “extensions”
• Requires the ACT license
• Maintained and supported by ANSYS
ACT Extensions (for the “everyday user”)
• What becomes visible to the end-user in the GUI (similar to UDF)
• No additional license required if delivered in binary format (beyond the one to run ANSYS Mechanical)
• Outside of ANSYS’s standard support model
Optimum Processes Amplify Engineering
Design change cost
Design change cost
Traditional analysis and CAD
# of
problem
resolution
[N(p)]
Development phase
Conventional design, build, test
ANSYS Simulation-Driven Product Development
Design change cost
Cost
Mature Levels for ACT
Integrate in-house
applications
Develops generic tools
Users using a wide range of
off-the-shelf and in-house
tools
Advanced
Create new loads and boundary
conditions
Create new results
Users with domain-specific loads, results…
Intermediate
Encapsulate existing APDL
Macros for pre- or post-
processing
Users who have some need for
embedding APDL
commands
Beginner
Usa
ge
Wh
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Example #1 – LS-Dyna in Workbench
• Thank you!
– Questions?