ANSYS Customization with APDL

Table of Contents

ANSYS Customization with APDL (ANSYS Parametric Design Language)

• Table of Contents
• Introduction
  • The Power Behind the Power User
  • About this Guide
• Customization Lessons Learned
  • Several Fundamental Rules and Tactics are Crital to Success
  • Identify Design & Analysis Goals
  • Separate Geometry & Topology
  • Use Parameterization
  • Clearly Understand Current and Proposed Process
  • Utilize Modularity
  • Allow Batch, Command Line & GUI Interfaces
  • Crawl, Walk, Run
  • Why Customize?
  • What Level of Customization?
  • What to Customize: Case Studies
• Getting Started
  • Definitions
  • Other Resources
  • What is a Macro?
  • Input files
  • Creating a Macro?
  • Getting Started
  • A Note About the Workshops
  • Workshop 1 - Getting Started
• Working With Macros
  • Commenting
  • Passing Arguments to Macros
  • Debugging Tips
  • Sharing Macros
  • Searching for Macros
  • Macro Libraries
  • Using Macros in Macro Libraries
  • Encrypting Macros
• Scalar Parameters
  • Scalar Parameters
  • Parameters
  • Parameter Usage
  • Parametric Operations and Functions
  • Trigonometric Functions
  • Saving / Restoring Parameters
  • Workshop 2 - Building Parametric Models
• Interfacing With the User
  • User Prompts - *ASK
  • User Prompts - MULTIPRO
  • Workshop 3 - Prompting the User
  • Displaying Messages
  • *MSG Command - Enhanced Descriptors
  • Status Bars
• Program Flow in APDL
  • *IF Branching
  • *IF Branching Operations
  • Trick: Comparison Operators
  • *RETURN
  • Checking Execution Status
  • Workshop 4 - *IF and *MSG
  • Workshop 4 - Answer Key
  • *REPEAT
  • *DO Loops
  • *DOWHILE
  • Controlling Flow Branching
  • Implied Do Loops
  • Nesting
  • Workshop 5 - Do Loops
  • Workshop 5A - *DO/ENDDO
  • Workshop 5A - *DO/*ENDDO - Time Permitting
  • Workshop 5B - Implied Do Loops
• Arrays & Tables
  • Overview of Arrays
  • Specifying Array Values
  • Example Array Definition
  • Defining Arrays in the GUI
  • Using String Arrays
  • Converting String Arrays to Character Parameters
  • Filling Arrays
  • Vector Operations
  • *VOPER
  • *VFUN
  • *SCFUN
  • *VITRP
  • *VCUM
  • *VABS
  • *VLEN
  • *VMASK
  • Array Operations vs *DO Loops
  • Demo: Vector Operation Efficiency
  • Table Arrays
  • Table Interpolation
  • Table and Matrix Operations
  • *TOPER
  • *TAXIS
  • *MOPER
  • *MFUN
  • *MFOURI
  • Nested Tables
  • *VPLOT
  • *VPLOT Examples
  • Workshop 6 - Using Arrays and Tables
• Information Retrieval with APDL
  • Retrieving / Getting Information
  • *GET
  • *GET Documentation
  • Undocumented *GET
  • *GET,Par,COMMON,...
  • GET Functions
  • Retrieving Array Data - *VGET
  • VGET
  • /INQUIRE
  • Workshop 7 - Retrieving Data
• Importing and Exporting Data to and from ANSYS
  • Importing and Exporting
  • Writing Data to Files
  • *VWRITE
  • Format Data Descriptors
  • *VWRITE Example
  • *MWRITE
  • Carriage Return Suppression Using $
  • Reading Data from Files
  • *VREAD
  • *TREAD
  • Importing in POST26 Using Tcl
  • Workshop 8 - Importing and Exporting Data
• Other Customization Options
  • Tcl/Tk
  • Tcl/Tk History
  • Why use Tcl/Tk?
  • Why use Tcl/Tk in ANSYS?
  • Tcl/Tk Syntax
  • Tcl/Tk Resources
  • Tcl/Tk Examples
  • User programmable Features (UPF)
  • UPF Availability
  • UPF Capabilities
  • UPF Prerequisites
  • Determining Necessity of UPF's
  • UPF Example - User Creep
  • Other Options
• APDL Final Exam
  • Final Exam - Water Tower Macro
• APDL Appendix A: Inquiry Functions
• APDL Appendix B: About PADT