This only works at the interior vertices, and not at the ends. Then you can pick an interior vertex, and the Blue arrow of the Move Tool will follow the spline direction. To see the spline direction, you first have to hover over the spline, to show the vertices of the spline. If you just pick a spline with the Move Tool, the triad will align with the global coordinate system. These directions match what gets shown in Mechanical.įor splines, it’s a little bit different. When you pick on the edge of a surface or solid, or even a straight sketched line, the red arrow of the Move Tool will point in the direction of the curve. I discovered that the Move Tool behaves in a very specific way, a way that we can use for our need. So I thought I would share with you what I found, after a little bit of digging and playing. But that doesn’t help when you read in CAD files. The directions are controlled by which point you pick first while sketching, so if you are careful, you can make sure they are all consistent. In ANSYS SpaceClaim, there is no way to just display the edge directions. The Display Edge Direction is also how you turn those off.) (I have also had three tech support calls about weird spikes showing up in customers’ geometry. You need to make sure that all your pipes in a thermal analysis, for instance, are flowing in the same direction. The directions of the edges or curves affects things like mesh biasing factors and mass flow rate boundary conditions.
This will turn on arrows so that you can see the edge directions. You can do it in Mechanical, on the Edge Graphics Options Toolbar: “ How do you view edge directions in ANSYS SpaceClaim? ” Learn how to create curves and surfaces from equations, that can then be used to also create solids.As it so often does, another blog article idea came from a tech support question that I received the other day.
See how inserting images and videos onto a 3D model can bring a new level of realism.ĥ-Modeling with Images Ī quick tutorial on how to insert 2d images or pictures to use as reference during the design process.Ħ-Modeling in 3D Ī video on Conceptual Design using a minimal amount of sketching to make parts quickly.ħ - Equations Learn how to use 3D annotation dimensions to drive geometry changesĤ - Inserting Images and Videos
Mirror, Shell and Offset tools found in the create groupģ - Annotation Dimensions 1 - Copy and Paste Ī quick look on how copy and paste works with geometryĢ - Associations
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