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If you choose Ansys as a solver: In the tab ”Product names” you can choose the Ansys

product name (e.g. Ansys Mechanical Enterprise Solver).

Pay attention to the fact that heat generation, heat flux and convection are only available if

you set the physics of the simulation to “Thermal” not “Structural”. Only pure temperature

loads can be used in structural physics.

A more advanced feature is the specification of (pre-/post-)

solution macros

. This way you

can perform special operations on your model using the integrated scripting language of the

third party solver (e.g. APDL Ansys Parametric Design Language, or Python for Abaqus). You

can setup four different macro paths in the “Assembly macros” frame:

▪

A macro that will be executed

before

the assembly is solved.

▪

A macro that will be executed

before each time step

of the assembly solution.

▪

A macro that will be executed

after each time step

of the assembly solution.

▪

A macro that will be executed

after

the assembly is solved.

Important!

For Ansys solutions all solution macros are executed during the solution phase. If

you are performing pre-processing operations in one of the solution macros, you must

explicitly enter the pre-processor at the beginning of the macro (/prep7 command) and

explicitly enter the solution at the end of the macro (/solu command).

You can solve one or more assembled models also

directly from the explorer tree

. Select

one or more assembled model files and choose “Solve” from the context menu. This second

method of solving assembled models does not require the corresponding assembly to be

open. It also has the advantage over the first method that you can schedule multiple

simulations with just one click. The models will then be solved sequentially, one after another: