Observe following after invoking ansys in next slide

1) Input Window
2) Output Window
3) Graphic Window

Input Window

Graphic window
Output Window

Input Window:
Used for inputting commands to create models.
Graphic Window:
Used to display models.
Output Window:
Displays ANSYS response to your input commands.
It is very useful to track errors by reading warning and
error messages displayed in output window. Always
track this window.

ANSYS has 4 environments or routines.

1)Begin Level
This is active by default after invoking ANSYS.
Many commands are routine specific.
2)prep7 : Preprocessor
Type /prep7 command in input window.
It will change begin level to preprocessor.
Preprocessor is used to create models and
applying boundary conditions.

3)Solution :
Type /solu in input window to enter solution routine.
Solution routine is used to solve the mathematical
problem by using FE method. It creates result file
that stores all analysis results.
4)Post Processor :
Type /post1 in input window to enter solution routine.
Postprocessor is used to see the results of analysis.
Type finish command in output window to go back to
begin level from any routine.

Begin level is
default active

Type /prep7 and ENTER to

activate preprocessor

Type fini and ENTER To

go back to begin level

Five most important Header Commands

fini

!!!will ensure that you are in Begin Level

/clear

!!!will clear active memory

/cwd,d:\temp

!!!set the active directory

/filnam,cantilever

!!!set the filename for the job

/title,analysis of cantilever !!!creates display title

See the effect of these commands in next few slides.

/clear

Click on Yes or No

/cwd,d:\temp will set the

working directory path.
Observe output window

Filename will appear

on left top corner.
The default filename is file. Use appropriate
filename by command /filnam,name. The file
will be saved by this name in active directory.

/title,analysis of cantilever
will create display title. Use
short but descriptive title.

 Use save command to save the file by jobname.db

Jobname is the name used in /filnam command
.db is called identifier meaning data base
The first save will create cantilever.db file
Subsequent save will create cantilever.dbb file . .dbb
is data base backup. Database of previous save is
stored now in .dbb file and current data base is stored
in .db file
These two files get updated at each subsequent save.

Save_db is same as save

Resume_db will bring latest data
base into active memory

Use quit menu to

come out of ansys.

Power Graphics is default environment

for graphics window.
/graphics, full will set full graphics.
Software accesses full data base with
this setting. This is required for some
calculations.
/graphics, power will set power
graphics on Software accesses data
only on surface of the model with this
setting.

/graphics,full

The commands we have learned so

far are also available by clicking file
menu on top bar.

/clear
/filnam
/cwd
/title

resume
save

Use resume from to get previously created file in

active data base.
You can resume from cantilever.dbb to get previous
save
Database into active memory.

Resume from

Help,command will give

documentation of the command

Field of command.
There can be
several fields

Key is field
label

Appropriate input for

key is either FULL or
POWER.

ANSYS FILES :
Many files are created after solve command.
Depending
Upon problem size these files can have size in GB.
/assign, command can be used to create files with
following extensions or identifiers in any other
directory or drive.
EMAT, ESAV, FULL, REDM, MODE, RDSP, RFRQ, TRI,
RST, RTH, RMG, EROT, OSAV, RFL, SELD, and CMS.
Files with extension db or dbb can not be created in
other directories.
If you want to create file with emat extension
(cantilever.emat) in D:\temp directory see next slide.

/assign,emat,d:\temp\cantilever,emat

Use of /assign

.rst indicates result structural

.rth indicates result thermal
.rfl indicates result fluid
.rmg indicates result magnatic
For archiving minimum files required to be saved are
.db and .rth files.