Tran Thai Duong

These following notes and ideas are my personal experiments, may be wrong or not comfortable to you. So, just consider them references and feel free to discus.

1. Introduction

When working with ANSYS Classic, I prefer generate geometry models directly in ANSYS environment. Most of mechanical and civil models can be created using top-down or bottom-up style. Depend on the physic characters of real model; you must first decide which element type to use (beam, shell, solid …), then create corresponding FE model (lines, areas-surfaces, volumes). Good decisions will help reducing your time. Continue reading →