ANSYS ED

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 also provides the new ANSYS Workbench interface 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 and Order Form

Location	Product	License Type	Price
Australia/NZ	ANSYS ED	Individual	AUD 350.00	1300 88 22 40 or info@leapaust.com.au
Other Locations	ANSYS ED	Individual	-	Contact your local sales office
For upgrade and existing ANSYS customer discount prices please contact us via e-mail at ANSYS ED.

ANSYS ED Workbench Environmental Example Problems

ANSYS ED 10.0 showcases the new ANSYS Workbench Environment. The example problems below cover various products (DesignModeler, Simulation and DesignXplorer) which are integrated as part of the 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 Minimum Hardware Requirements

Hardware	Intel based Pentium Class System
Operating System	Windows 2000 Version 5 (Build 2195) Windows XP Home Windows XP Professional
Graphics	Windows supported graphics card capable of 1024x768 in High Color (High Color is 16-bit which is 65,536 colors.)
Monitor	17-inch (or larger) monitor compatible with card mentioned above is recommended
CD ROM	Double speed CD ROM drive
Mouse	Microsoft mouse or a 100% compatible mouse
Minimum RAM	64 MB of RAM
Minimum Hard disk	500 MB hard disk
Browser	Supported browser level for running the online help system is Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher

ANSYS ED Product Limitations

ANSYS Solver Limits		Solid Modeling Limits
Max. DOF	N/A	Max. Keypoint No.	200
Max. Node No.	10,000	Max. Line No.	200
Max. h-Element No.	1,000	Max. Area No.	100
Max. CFD Element No.	5,000	Max. Volume No.	10
Max. LF Emag Element No.	1,000
Max HF Emag Element No.	5,000
Max. p-Element No.	200
Max. Master DOF No.	100
LS-DYNA Solver Limit
Max. Element No.		2000

ANSYS ED 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	Limit
Elements	1000
Nodes	10,000

ANSYS ED Product Features NOT Supported

DYNA Material Number	LS-DYNA 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

DYNA EOS Number	DYNA EOS Name
2	EOS_JWL
3	EOS_SACK_TUESDAY
ANSYS ED 9.0 Element Limitations
SHELL 163 must have KEYOPT (3) = 0
No Composites Elements (No SOLID46, SHELL91 or SHELL99)
No composite section definition for SHELL181/BEAM188/BEAM189

ANSYS ED 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 -R2-13	Commercial
Geometry Interface for Parasolid	Parasolid 16.0	Commercial
Geometry Interface for Pro/E	Pro/Engineer Version 2001	Commercial
Geometry Interface for Pro/E	Pro/Engineer Wildfire 1 and 2	Commercial
Geometry Interface for SAT	ACIS 13	Commercial
Geometry Interface for UG	Unigraphics NX 2.0	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 16.0	ANSYS ED
Geometry Interface for IGES	4.0, 5.2, 5.3	ANSYS ED
Geometry Interface for Solid Edge	Solid Edge Version 15.0, 16.0	ANSYS ED
Geometry Interface for SolidWorks	SolidWorks2003 SP4	ANSYS ED
	SolidWorks2004	ANSYS ED
Geometry Interface for Inventor	Inventor R8, R9	ANSYS ED
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