Exporting and ANSYS

[indedlokcathexis]

Does anybody know how to convert a pro-E file to a format compatible with ANSYS?

 

[Heckler]

Here is a link: Like many other high end CAE solutions they can read in files directly from your MCAD files.

http://www.ansys.com/products/geometry-interfaces.asp

Best Regards,

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SW2005 SP 5.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
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[indedlokcathexis]

That didn't really help. Is there anyway to open my .prt files in ANSYS either directly or indirectly? Basically, I constructed a model using pro-Engineer, but would like to take advantage of ANSYS's FEA abilities (Pro-E is too limited in this sense).

 

[Hora]

step file is not good for you?

-Hora

 

[Heckler]

I guess you don't have that module that reads in native MCAD files. Most CAE applications these days have the ability to read in native files from all the major MCAD packages. For example, MasterCAM X will read in native MCAD files for use within that application. They do not allow feature modification unless it's fully integrated.

So with that said, check your ANSYS software revision and maintainence contract.

Best Regards,

Heckler
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
SW2005 SP 5.0 & Pro/E 2001
Dell Precision 370
P4 3.6 GHz, 1GB RAM
XP Pro SP2.0
NVIDIA Quadro FX 1400
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(_)/ (_)

Never argue with an idiot. They'll bring you down to their level and beat you with experience every time.

 

[indedlokcathexis]

I think the problem may be that my Pro-E package is newer than the my ANSYS software. I have wildfire3.0 and ANSYS10.0.

 

[indedlokcathexis]

What about ABAQUS? I downloaded a plug-in called elysium that will supposedly allow me to save my parts in a neutral file format (.enf), but I haven't seen it work yet. It says it only works with wildfire 2.0 or earlier. What's the deal?

 

[GeorgeEllwood]

I had some luck a few years ago saving geometry in Pro E using as a .igs file and then loading that directly into ANSYS. This might be able to help. One thing to check once you've brought the model into ANSYS is that the you have volumes, occasionally only the surfaces came through and I had to manually create volumes from the surfaces, which is fairly straight forward.