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Ansys ACT Extension for a PID Thermostat Controller – Updated, February 2023

In 2014 PADT's Matt Sutton published an Ansys Mechanical ACT Extension that allowed users of Ansys Mechanical APDL's PID Thermostat Controler in Ansys Mechanical. He uploaded it to the Ansys store an...

How to Make a Great Compound Component in Flownex

Flownex Friday Tech Tips #4 Compound components make it easy and efficient to reuse the same collection of components over and over throughout your models. In this post I'll be going over the basi...

Property Controllers in ANSYS ACT

Customizations developed using ANSYS ACT adhere closely to the user experience that is native to Mechanical and other Workbench apps. Obviously, this is to be expected, but sometimes it can be ...

Four Different Ways to Add Customization to ANSYS Mechanical

ANSYS Mechanical is a very powerful tool right out of the box. Long gone are the days when an FEA tool was just a solver, and users had to write code to create input files and interpret the res...

All Things ANSYS 034 – Celebrating 25 Years of ANSYS Simulation: Changes In The Last Quarter Century & Where The Future Will Take Us

Published on: April 8th, 2019 With: Eric Miller, Ted Harris, Tom Chadwick, Sina Ghods, & Alex Grishin Description: In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined...

All Things ANSYS 020 – Modeling Flow & Heat Transfer with Flownex

Published on: September 10th, 2018 With: Eric Miller, Luke Davidson, Vincent Britz, and Farai Hetze Description: In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined b...

All Things ANSYS Episode 007 – ANSYS Training and Customization

Published on: October 23, 2017 With: Ted Harris, Matt Sutton, Eric Miller Description: In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by PADT's Simulation Support Manag...

Standard Roof Rack Fairing Mount Getting In Your Way?! Engineer it better and 3D Print it!

It is no mystery that I love my Subaru. I bought it with the intention of using it and I have continually made modifications with a focus on functionality. When I bought my roof crossbars in order to...

All Things ANSYS EP003: Awesome Additions to ANSYS Mechanical 18.2 and a Look at Scripting with the ANSYS Customization Toolkit

Published on: August 28, 2017 With: Joe Woodward, Ted, Harris, Eric Miller Description: Ted and Joe join Eric to talk about the recent release of ANSYS 18.2 including a look at the enhancements...

Experiences with Developing a “Somewhat Large” ACT Extension in ANSYS

With each release of ANSYS the customization toolkit continues to evolve and grow. Recently I developed what I would categorize as a decent sized ACT extension. My purpose in this post is to h...

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