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What do you think of the forum? We want to hear from you!
Hello Everyone! The Ansys Developer Forum has been in operation for some time now and we want to hear what you (non-Ansys users) think of it. If you have any feedback on how things could be developed further, areas you think could be improved and how useful the site has otherwise been for you and your company please please…
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Simulation is pretty *cool* but how *cool* is it really?
Back in 2024 I presented a little introduction to simulation at PyCon. Introduction to Simulation And in that presentation I asked a fundamental physics question. If a heavy cat sits on a bridge of ice. Does that bridge break? But in that situation everything was simply two dimensional (to save time). But what if it…
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Is your scripting up to scratch?
We want to hear from you! What's the most useful Ansys scripting tip you've found? It could be on the forum, in documentation, or anywhere else. It just has to be... * About Ansys * A developer tool tip (to do with coding or PyAnsys) * Something small, like a specific command or tool you noticed We'd love if you could…
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New search functionality for the Ansys dev portal
Hello to our forum and portal users! We are very excited to be on the verge of rolling out our new unified search for the Ansys Developer Portal and Forums. This search will bring together the documentation and articles from the dev portal and posts and information on the forum into a new single search. Over time we will…
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Welcome! Please Read Before Posting
Welcome to the Ansys Developer community! If you are using the developer tool packages with Ansys simulation tools then this is your community space. This community has been created to ask questions of your peers, exchange ideas, and converse about developer issues within an Ansys context. Here are some guidelines: Keep…
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Get tabular data information
I want to retrieve information from the tabular data of a load or a result in Mechanical
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Modify number of steps and step end time by reading an Excel file
How to modify number of steps and step end time by reading an Excel file?
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Is there a way to automatically format a script for reporting?
Hello everyone, I have an Ansys Mechanical (24R2) project that uses a bunch of scripts. As they are fundamental to the information that is generated, I would like to add them to a project report, and have this be as accessible as possible to its readers. In the scripting editor, the script is given colors to make it more…
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How to get Damage Matrix in nCode GUI?
DesignLife embedded Add-On, available in Mechanical, allows to plot the Damage Matrix of a node. Is there any way to get the same plot in nCode GUI?
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Define imported body temperature
I want to automate inserting an Imported Load / Imported Body Temperature in Mechanical, importing a comma separated text file and specifying that the first two columns are coordinates and all other columns are temperatures.
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Modify data for imported body temperature
I have created an Imported Load /Imported Body Temperature object in Mechanical: I would like to modify the magnitude, analysis time, scale and offset value for this imported load, for all time steps: The values I would like to use are placed in columns of an Excel file.
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Using an Excel file to modify a model setup in Mechanical
I've developed this tool that demonstrates how to use an Excel file to modify a model setup in Mechanical. It is available on the Ansys Github, on this link: https://github.com/ansys/ACE-demo-excel_template_for_mechanical_model_setup This repository provides the code to a demo of using an Excel file to modify a model setup…
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How to set probe label colour according to legend colour with scripting?
The user wants to automatically change the colour of probe labels to match the colour of the corresponding value of the legend for a result plot. Like in the image below:
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Static Structural Connections Quesetion
Currently have a two piece model. * Base "table" piece that is rigid and has been modeled as such * Bracket piece that is attached to the base structure and is to be assed for forces and how it reacts/stress Current have contact surfaces as shown in images below between the hooks on the bracket which connect to the studs…
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How to activate Influence Volume?
Under Face Sizing, how can we activate this advanced option?