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Introduction to ANSYS
ICEM CFD
1 © 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 22, 2015 Release 14.0
Purpose/Goals
Ansys ICEM CFD is a general purpose grid generating program
• Grids for various solver types can be produced
– Fluid analysis (CFD)
– Structural analysis (FEA)
– Electromagnetic, and more
• The terms “mesh,” “grid,” and “discretizing the domain” all refer to the same thing
The purpose of this course is to teach the basic tools and methods for
generating meshes with Ansys ICEM CFD
• Geometry import/editing
• Meshing (surface meshing, tetra, prism, hexa, hybrid meshes)
• Mesh Editing (smoothing, error checks, individual element editing)
• Solver setup
Best meshing practices will be shown as well as the tools needed to produce
them
Model
Tree
Display
Triad
Data Entry
Panel Message Histogram
Window Window
Settings
File Menu Edit Menu View Menu Info Menu Menu Help Menu
(file i/o) (preferences)
Also to
• Import/Export Geometry/Mesh
• Invoke scripting Open/Save/Close Open/Save/Close Open/Save/Close
Geometry Mesh Blocking
Exit
Save frequently!
10 © 2011 ANSYS, Inc. March 22, 2015 Release 14.0
Other Commonly Used Utilities
Edit > Undo/Redo
– Local Coordinate System
Also here • Used by:
• Select location
View • Measuring
• Node/point movement/creation
• Fit
• Alignment
– Fit visible entities into screen
• Loads
• Box Zoom • Transformation
• Standard views
– Top, Bottom, Left, etc. – Surface display
– Can also select X, Y, Z axis of display triad in lower right • Wireframe
hand corner of main view screen to orient to standard • Solid
views, e.g. selecting “X” will orient “right”
• Transparent
– Isometric – select blue dot within triad
Measure
• Distance
• Angle
• Location
Initialize blocking
Blocking Split/modify blocks
Generate structured hexa
mesh
Edit Mesh
Check errors/problems, Smooth, Refine/Coarsen,
Merge, repair mesh, Transform, etc.
Set constraints,
displacements,
define contacts,
Constraints
initial velocity, rigid
walls
Set parameters,
Solve attributes, create
options subcases, write out input
file, run solver
Geometry
Cancel
Select all Flood fill to Angle
Polygon Only visible Entity Filter
Flood fill to Curve Mesh attached to Geometry
Mesh