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For users of ANSYS 15.0, please check this link for procedures for turning on the Auto Constraint feature before creating sketches in DesignModeler.

 

Import Geometry

Please download the .igs file for the geometry here: monocoque.IGS. To Import Geometry, go to File->Import... A dialog box will open as shown below:

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To view the .igs files, go to the pull down menu to the left of the File name text box and change it to Geometry File(...). Go to the location where you saved the monocoque.igs and click Open. Your workbench should look like this:

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Build the Geometry

This particular geometry contains solids, surfaces and line bodies. In default setting, Ansys does not build the line bodies, but we can change that with the following steps:

Double-click Geometry  to bring up Design Modeler.

Select  inch  as the unit and hit  OK .

Under Detail of Import1, change Line Bodies to  Yes  as shown below:

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The following video shows how to prepare a geometry for composite analysis with ANSYS. 

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