The ANSYS ED product offers you an affordable, hands-on introduction to ANSYS' simulation
and virtual prototyping capabilities. ANSYS ED includes many of the performance features
available in the top-line ANSYS Multiphysics - ANSYS LS-DYNA product combination, with
some limitations (see chart for limitations.) Using ANSYS ED you can perform basic structural
and thermal analyses, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), low and high frequency
electromagnetics and optimization studies within a single product environment. ANSYS ED
10.0 also offers the new ANSYS Workbench product development with a product combination
of DesignModeler for geometry creation and editing, Simulation for structural, thermal and
electromagnetics analysis and DesignXplorer for design optimization studies, with some
limitations (see chart for limitations).
Then, when you're ready to step up to even more simulation power, you can easily upgrade
your ANSYS ED product to higher-level ANSYS applications.
ANSYS ED Pricing
Location
Product
License Type
UK
ANSYS ED
Individual
Price
Postage
£104.00 £15.00
-
Please add VAT @ 17.5%
ANSYS ED Workbench Environmental Example Problems
ANSYS ED 10.0 is the first release of ANSYS ED product in the new Workbench
Environment. The example problems below showcase various products (DesignModeler,
Simulation and DesignXplorer) which are integrated as part of ANSYS Workbench
Environment. Please refer to various product restrictions below for the ANSYS ED product.
Problem Description
ANSYS Workbench Database
Files
Nonlinear Structural analysis of a bracket
bracket model
Static Structural and Modal Analysis of a Parasolid
Linkage Model
linkage model
Nonlinear Structural Analysis of a Shell Model
shell model
Nonlinear Snap Fit Analysis
snap fit model
Thermo mechanical Analysis of an Interference Fit Model
thermal model
Design Optimization Study of a Modal Analysis of a Wing
Tip
wing tip model
ANSYS ED 10.0 Minimum Hardware Requirements
Hardware:
Intel® IA-32 Pentium Class Systems
Operating
System:
Microsoft® Windows 2000
Microsoft® Windows XP Home
Microsoft® Windows XP Professional
Graphics:
Windows 2000, Windows NT or Windows XP supported graphics card,
capable of supporting 1024x768 High Color (High Color is 16-bit color, which
provides 65,536 colors)
CD ROM:
Double speed CD ROM drive
Mouse:
Microsoft Mouse or a mouse compatible with Windows 2000, Windows NT or
Windows XP
Minimum
RAM:
64 MB of RAM
Min. Hard
Drive:
500 MB free on the hard drive
Monitor:
A 17 inch monitor (or larger) is recommended
Browser:
Supported browser level for running the online help system is Microsoft
Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
ANSYS ED 10.0 Product Limitations
ANSYS SOLVER Limits
Maximum DOF
N/A
Maximum Node Number
10,000
Maximum h-Element Number
1,000
Maximum CFD Element Number
5,000
Maximum LF EMAG Element
Number
1,000
Maximum HF EMAG Element
Number
5,000
Maximum p-Element Number
200
Maximum Master DOF Number
100
ANSYS Solid Modeling Limits
Maximum Keypoint Number
200
Maximum Line Number
200
Maximum Area Number
100
Maximum Volume Number
10
LSDYNA Solver Limits
Maximum Element Number
1000
ANSYS ED 10.0 Workbench Product Limitations
DesignXplorer Parameter Type
Limit
Max. No. Input Parameters
3
Max. No. Output Parameters
4
DesignModeler Geometry
Limit
Max. Number of Parts
10
Max. Number of Vertices
200
Max. Number of Edges
200
Max. Number of Faces
100
Simulation Limits
Limits
Elements
1,000
Nodes
10,000
ANSYS ED 10.0 Product Features NOT Supported
Material
Number
LSDYNA Material Name
ANSYS
Material
Name or
Status
22
MAT_COMPOSITE_DAMAGE
TB,COMP
(Used by
SHELL163
and
SOLID164)
54
MAT_ENHANCED_COMPOSITE_DAMAGE
Not
Supported
(Chang
matrix
failure
criteria)
55
MAT_ENHANCED_COMPOSITE_DAMAGE
Not
Supported
(Tsai-Wu
matrix
failure
criteria)
58
MAT_LAMINATED_COMPOSITE_FABRIC
Not
Supported
59
MAT_COMPOSITE_FAILURE
Not
Supported
LSDYNA EOS Number
LSDYNA EOS Name
2
EOS_JWL
3
EOS_SACK_TUESDAY
ANSYS ED 10.0 Element Limitations
SHELL163 must have KEYOPT(3) = 0
No composite section definition for
SHELL181/BEAM188/BEAM189
ANSYS ED 10.0 CAD Interfaces
Geometry Interface Product
CAD Revision Level
Licenses Required /
Supported
ANSYS Environment
Geometry Interface for CATIA
CATIA 4.X
Commercial
Geometry Interface for CATIA
CATIA V5 –R2-15
Commercial
Geometry Interface for
Parasolid
Parasolid 16.1
Commercial
Geometry Interface for Pro/E
Pro/Engineer Wildfire 1 and
2
Commercial
Geometry Interface for SAT
ACIS 14
Commercial
Geometry Interface for UG
Unigraphics NX 3.0
Commercial
Geometry Interface for IGES
4.0, 5.2, 5.3
ANSYS ED
Workbench Environment
Geometry Interface for SAT
Not Supported
Geometry Interface for STEP
Not Supported
Geometry Interface for
Parasolid
Parasolid 17.0
ANSYS ED
Geometry Interface for IGES
4.0, 5.2, 5.3
ANSYS ED
Geometry Interface for Solid
Edge
Solid Edge Version 16.0,
17.0
ANSYS ED
Geometry Interface for
SolidWorks
SolidWorks2004
ANSYS ED
SolidWorks2005
ANSYS ED
Inventor R9, R10
ANSYS ED
Geometry Interface for Inventor
Geometry Interface for CATIA
Not Supported
Geometry Interface for UniGraphics
Not Supported
Geometry Interface for Mechanical Desktop
Not Supported
Geometry Interface for Pro/Engineer
Not Supported