Status/Info Bar - Displays Unit used in - Displays Status of geometry model current project - Displays dynamic instructions - Eg: Entity Details Bar - Displays details of entity selected in Graphics Window or Tree Outline. - Eg:
Toolbars Toolbars can be accessed to get quick access to most commonly used features • The most commonly used toolbars are • Selection • View Controls • Display Controls
• Toolbars can also be customized to Add/Remove features of user’s choice
A plane is required to create a 2D Steps for creating a 3D geometry
sketch (bottom-up approach) • Also required for some body operations • Create or select an existing plane • 2D/3D geometry can be constructed using • Create a sketch on the plane a sketch as a base object • Apply a modeling operation to the sketch
Desired plane is selected Sketch created on selected 3D geometry created using
• At start-up, three default planes are available (XY, ZX & YZ) on which sketches can be created – New planes can be created to host sketches elsewhere • New Plane
– This option can be used for creating a new plane
– Suitable options for creating planes can be chosen from list of options available under “Type” • For example, by transforming (offset, rotate, etc.) an existing plane OR from a selected face – Optionally apply one or more transformations
Sketch Creation New Sketch XYPlane is active • This option can be used to create a new sketch on active/selected plane – New sketches are placed in the Tree Outline beneath their associated plane • Sketches can be created in Sketching mode only – Selecting a Plane with no sketches and entering sketch mode automatically creates a New sketch – Multiple sketches can be created in any given plane – Clicking on Sketching mode tab will take you to the Only sketches on active Plane are active sketch displayed in drop down
Modify Toolbox A new sketch can be created by referencing existing geometry • Allows selected boundaries of plane to be duplicated as new sketch entities – All sketches have to be in the same plane
• User can pick any specific dimensioning tool OR can use General or Semi-Automatic • General – General selects appropriate dimension type based on entity selection – Right click provide quick access to specific dimension types
Color Coding • Indicates constraint status – Teal: Under-constrained – Blue: Well Defined Teal Blue – Black: Fixed – Red: Over-Constrained – Gray: Inconsistent or Unknown
Sketching Tips • Ruler allows to get a quick sense of scale while sketching
• “Look At” tool will orient the display perpendicular to a plane, sketch or selected entity normal.
• Many operations become easier via a right click context menu on the graphics screen • Undo/Redo buttons are available in Sketching mode only Context Menu
• What is the normal Pre-processing Workflow within ANSYS WB tools? • Where is DesignModeler used in Pre-processing process? • What is the concept of Planes and Sketches? • How to use Sketching Mode for creating sketches? • How to constrain sketches?
