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Ansys Discovery Live

This document provides instructions for accessing and using the ANSYS Discovery Live technology preview. It can be downloaded for free until February 2018. It allows for interactive simulation through direct geometry modeling and instantaneous updating of results when the geometry, materials, or physics are modified. The software runs best with a dedicated Nvidia GPU with at least 4GB of VRAM. Examples provided show how boundary conditions, loads, geometry edits, and other parameters can be interactively changed with immediate feedback in the results.

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Ansys Discovery Live

This document provides instructions for accessing and using the ANSYS Discovery Live technology preview. It can be downloaded for free until February 2018. It allows for interactive simulation through direct geometry modeling and instantaneous updating of results when the geometry, materials, or physics are modified. The software runs best with a dedicated Nvidia GPU with at least 4GB of VRAM. Examples provided show how boundary conditions, loads, geometry edits, and other parameters can be interactively changed with immediate feedback in the results.

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ANSYS Discovery Live- Getting Started

Every engineer deserves the power of Discovery


ANSYS Discovery Live provides instantaneous simulation, tightly coupled with direct geometry
modeling, to enable interactive design exploration and rapid product innovation. It is an interactive
experience in which you can manipulate geometry, materials and physics, and instantaneously see 3-
D results.

Currently available for download as a technology preview, ANSYS Discovery Live fits into the 3-D
design family of products and is complementary to ANSYS SpaceClaim and ANSYS AIM.

Any questions, or to hear about other technologies from ANSYS, please contact:
ANSYS Account Manager, [email protected] (480) 813-4884

Instructions for Accessing the Free Trial Beta License


The software is provided as an Evaluation License at no charge for the duration of the preview period,
which ends February 1, 2018.

Accessing:
• Go to: https://account.ansys.com/discoverylive?source=PADT

• Follow instructions for setting up your Discovery Live account

• Choose to download and run Discovery Live Local (must meet hardware requirements below)
or the Cloud Trial Option

ANSYS Discovery Live Hardware Requirements:


ANSYS Discovery Live relies on the latest GPU technology to provide its computation and visual
experience. To run the software, you will require:
• A dedicated NVIDIA GPU card based on the Kepler, Maxwell or Pascal architecture. Most
dedicated NVIDIA GPU cards produced in 2013 or later will be based on one of these
architectures.
• At least 4GB of video RAM (8GB preferred) on the GPU.
Also, please ensure you have the latest driver for your graphics card, available from NVIDIA Driver
Downloads. You can also refer to the post on Graphics Performance Benchmarks.
Performance of Discovery Live is less dependent on machine CPU and RAM. A recent generation
64-bit CPU and at least 4GB of RAM will be sufficient.
If you do not have a graphics card that meets these specifications, the software will not run. However,
you can try ANSYS Discovery Live through an online cloud-based trial, which requires only an
internet browser and a reasonably fast internet connection.
ANSYS Disovery Live Quick Start Instructions

1. After opening Discovery Live, you will be greeted with the starting panel.
Recommendation is to start with one of the pre-built examples from bottom row

Starting Panel in ANSYS Discovery Live

2. For example, opening the “Sample: Bracket” file will open the geometry and
instantaneously solve the model
1st look after opening Sample:Bracket file
3. Using this example, you can change the force or any of the structural boundary
conditions on the left side of the window

Boundary conditions can be modified on left side of window

4. As soon as you change the value, results will immediately shift to reflect the new
load
Left: Initial Results | Right: Modified Force Results

5. To modify geometry, click on “Edit” on left side and choose from one of the
modification tools such as Pull

Edit lets you change geometry and have results change accordingly

6. By Pulling this face, we can see the sharp stress disappear immediately
Pull lets you extrude a selected face and as soon as movement is made, results change to
reflect new geometry
7. In the same way you can use some of the other sample geometries to interact
with the results live

Sample: Water Flow in Pipe

8. For fluid analysis you can change the boundary conditions the same way, by
modifying the values on the left
Changing boundary conditions instant changes the velocity field

9. You can see these options at bottom of screen to change to different result
views. For example looking at LIC instead
TOP: Use bottom buttons to change result views | BOTTOM: Shows LIC map of fluid results

10. In the same way that geometry was changed using the Edit options on the left
panel, users can do the same for fluid analyses with instant results
TOP: Using geometry modification tools to change neck diameter | BOTTOM: Shows results
as a function of the geometry change

11. Users can certainly also create new geometry from scratch or import geometry
from other sources
By selecting “Start With New Document” in Start panel, users can create new geometry or
import existing geometry

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