ANSYS Workbench as an Integration Platform for CAE Simulation

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1 ANSYS Workbench as an Integration Platform for CAE Simulation Judd Kaiser Workbench Framework Product Manager 2010 ANSYS South American Conference October 20, ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 1 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

2 Overview ANSYS application integration The Workbench SDK The External Connection addin The Microsoft Excel addin Workbench scripting and journaling Customization ANSYS Workbench has been engineered from the ground up to be open, extensible, customizable ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 2 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

3 Workbench Framework Application Integration Geometry Meshing Setup Solve Results Meshing Setup Solve Results Geometry Meshing Setup Setup Solve Solve Results Application Integration Scripting Framework Toolkit Parameterization Data and Process Management Component applications, covering various phases of the simulation process, sitting on top of a common framework 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 3 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

4 Workbench Framework Application Integration Workbench Addin manages application/framework interaction: Actions Edit, Refresh, Update, File management Associated properties Data transfer Parameters 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 4 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

5 The ANSYS Workbench Software Development Kit (SDK) The Workbench SDK released with version 13 provides the APIs to support data-integration of third party applications: Data-integration implies that third party applications retain their user interface, but are integrated in the Workbench workflow Consuming/providing data from other applications Defining and consuming parameters Using common APIs for file mgmt., state, data transfer, etc.. The SDK provides the APIs for the development of an add-in that acts as a proxy for the data-integrated application and represents the application in the workflow defined by the project schematic 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 5 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

6 Workbench SDK at ANSYS 13.0 The SDK package contains: Dlls needed for compilation of the WB framework, not included in the standard distribution Reference documentation, including all the APIs available to add-in developers How-to guide, that describes the basic framework and the project schematic functionality Microsoft Visual Studio add-in templates that allow for quick creation of basic add-ins, reducing the learning curve Tutorials that make use of the Visual Studio add-ins are part of the how-to guide 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 6 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

7 Workbench SDK at ANSYS 13.0 Notes: The SDK assumes developments done on Windows OS with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Windows dlls also run on the Linux platforms supported by Workbench (via Mono) The SDK does not describe development of native Workbench applications (such as Engineering Data or Design Explorer) To be delivered in future versions 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 7 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

8 Workbench SDK at ANSYS 13.0 Early adopters ncode (fatigue analysis tool) has been integrated in Workbench 12.1 & 13 using a preliminary version of the SDK The SDK is being investigated by other companies for different applications Parametric geometry deformation Optimization software Material properties Fatigue simulation 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 8 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

9 External Connection add-in Simple integration of external application via XML configuration file Communicates input/output parameters Works with design points, and DesignXplorer WB-visible properties affect external code execution 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 9 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

10 Microsoft Excel Addin Communicate parameters with Workbench Defined via named ranges Advanced calculator Explore reducedorder models 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 10 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

11 Custom Toolbars A configuration file can define custom entries for the Workbench Toolbar and/or Menubar Read automatically at start-up Python scripts can be defined for execution from the custom entries in the User Interface 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 11 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

12 Workbench Journaling and Scripting Provides a mechanism to automate simulation processes and drive them in batch mode Workbench user operations are recorded in a journal Operations affecting the project and native application data model are recorded Workbench journals can be modified and played as scripts Workbench journals and scripts are Python-based, object-oriented, and platform-independent Documentation includes: Overview, How to Guide, Command Reference, Examples 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 12 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

13 Support for Scripting of Data-integrated Applications Many data-integrated applications have their own native scripting languages APDL, CCL, Scheme, JScript Workbench scripting provides a mechanism to pass application-native scripting commands to data-integrated applications The method is called SendCommand Some data-integrated applications also record operations to the Workbench journal using SendCommand 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 13 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

14 ANSYS Workbench-based Application Customization Geometry Geometry creation/import wizards FE Model Loads and BCs Custom wizards Custom loads External solver support Results Custom post-processing 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 14 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

15 Customized Analysis Tools Most customization requests involve application customization Support for applicationlevel customization varies In general, this requires ANSYS development support More scalable approaches are coming Custom Boundary Conditions 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 15 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

16 Shaping the Future of Simulation Geometry Meshing Setup Solve Results Meshing Setup Solve Results Geometry Meshing Setup Solve Results Geometry Meshing Setup Solve Results Meshing Results Setup Solve Application Integration Scripting Framework Toolkit Parameterization Data and Process Management Applications will be unified to streamline workflows. Unified applications will be scriptable. Expanded SDK will enable customization ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 16 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

17 EKM-based Customization Web-deployable simulation templates 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 17 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

18 Summary Currently, most applications are data-integrated SDK can be used to data-integrate additional tools The External Connection provides a lightweight method of integrating external tools The Microsoft Excel addin makes it easy to integrate Excel Project-level actions are scriptable; application-level scripts can be embedded Application customization currently requires some development-level support EKM can provide web-based custom simulation tools The emergence of Workbench-native simulation will greatly expand and simplify your ability to automate and customize simulation processes 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 18 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary

19 Thank you! Questions? Please contact: 2010 ANSYS, Inc. All rights reserved. 19 ANSYS, Inc. Proprietary