Ansys Import Solidworks Update The Geometry

Note that these instructions also apply to importing any part or assembly from Solidworks to ANSYS; you just need to skip the step in Solidworks on adding Surfaces.

Method I In Solidworks: Right-click on the Features toolbar and add Surfaces if it is not already shown Choose the type of surface you would like to create (extruded, revolved etc.) Create your desired surface Save the surface as a.STP file In ANSYS: Create your project Right-click Geometry Select Import Geometry Locate your file and select it Go into Design Modeler and Generate Now you should be able to see your surface in Design Modeler.

Method II After you have created the geometry in Solidworks and saved it: In ANSYS Create your project Open Design Modeler Go to FileAttach Active CAD Geometry Click Generate Now you can edit your Geometry in Solidworks and refresh it in Design Modeler after you have changed it.

To refresh the geometry in Design Modeler: In the Details window, click RefreshUse Geometry Parameter Values Click Generate Now your Geometry in Design Modeler will reflect the changes you made in Solidworks.

Ansys Import Solidworks Update The Geometry

Method III In Solidworks you can connect the geometry to Workbench: Go to ToolsANSYS ANSYS Workbench will then open with the Solidworks file attached: Drag the Geometry onto the Geometry of your project You can then update the geometry from your CAD file directly Now you should be able to update your geometry in Solidworks and refresh it in ANSYS.

Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts Log In Sign Up User account menu 1 Ansys wont import Solidworks parameters in an assembly.

If I create a single part in SW, then load that into Ansys, I can access its parameters (typically filtered using the DS prefix).

Is there some trick to getting parameters imported from an assembly that Im not aware of 2 comments share save hide report 100 Upvoted This thread is archived New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast Sort by best.

Dimensions that are named in SolidWorks with the DS or ANS filter always are visible within ANSYS, whether they are at the assembly level or part level.

If you need to import an assembly, youll need to have your dimensions named instead of using a global variable equation value name.

It is possible (but complicated) to use parent-to-child references to drive a part dimension from an equation at the assembly level (edit the part in SolidWorks from within the Assembly), but that usually creates more confusion than it helps.

Share Report Save level 2 Original Poster 2 years ago Ah, so it imports assembly level global variables, and part and assembly level named dimensions I tried doing an import with no filter on the parameter import, but didnt see everything come through.

I must have missed something.

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