Introduction to Ansys LS-DYNA Tutorial #2: Ball Impacting a Plate, LS-DYNA Keyword Edition

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Ansys LS-Dyna Tutorial 2

As Bronislav continues to learn Ansys LS-Dyna, he is creating tutorials as he goes. You can find his first tutorial here. One of the more powerfull aspects of the tool is that you can edit the input file directly, whithout opening the Ansys LS-Prepost tool.

In this second installment, he shows how to configure Notepad++ to colorcode your color-code and fold/unfold keywords, and display column markers for ease of reading/writing. All critical to efficiently editing your Ansys LS-Dyna *.k file.

Please find his instructions in the PDF and some files you will need in the ZIP file below.

Ansys LS-Dyna Tutorial: Using Keywords and Editing the LS-Dyna Input File Directly

The files needed for this LS-Dyna tutorial are here:

If you need any help simulating an event with Ansys LS-Dyna, would like to bring Ansys LS-Dyna in house, or if you need custom training, PADT is here to help. Please reach out and one of our engineers will set up a time to talk.

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