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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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STK 4.2: Associated records returned from `bulk_fetch_associated_records` have the wrong `.table`
I am working on a script that bulk fetches associated records, and later on I attempt to use the table property from one of those associated records for something else, but I've realized that the table property is incorrect. It is the table that I called bulk_fetch_associated_records on, not the target_table that was…
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Read Imported Load h5 created by DPF
DPF creates an h5 file when I add an Imported Temperature condition in Mechanical. How do I read the data out of that file?
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Start configuration unit system
Hi I'm using Ansys Mechanical 2023 R2 on Windows 11, and I’d like it to automatically start with the unit system (mm, t, N) instead of the default (m, kg, N). Now I have to manually switch to millimeters and i want to skip that. Is there a way to make Ansys always start in mm by default? Thanks in advance for the help
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How do I read custom results from an h5dpf file?
How do I read custom results from an h5dpf file? If I have an h5dpf file where there are custom results added (not from the RST file), see an example here
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How do I add custom results to an h5dpf file?
How do I add custom results to an h5dpf file?
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Please remove PyFluent cheat sheet from this site
https://developer.ansys.com/blog/pyfluent-cheat-sheet. It is inevitably out of date as it is not actively maintained. An up to date cheat sheet exists at https://fluent.docs.pyansys.com/version/stable/_static/cheat_sheet.pdf.
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How can we automatically replace all solid bodies with free standing point masses using scripting?
Say we have some 3D solid parts and we want to automatically replace them all with free standing point masses using scripting?
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How to change the default mechanical window title to include the project name?
Currently, the default Mechanical window title does not include the project name. In my opinion, it would be much more useful if it did, especially when managing multiple Mechanical windows in the Windows taskbar, or when working with similar models that have identical default window titles. The goal is to add the project…
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PyAnsys - How can I figure out which AWB version was used to solve a .wbpj file?
A folder contains different .wbpj files with results. They were solved using different Ansys versions. How can I find out, by opening a file with PyAnsys, what AWB version was used to solve the file?
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How to activate a toolbar button only when the current tab (view) is Engineering Data?
For example: "Test button 2" should only be active (enabled) if "Engineering Data" view is active. The button should be inactive in "Project Schematic" view.