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Table of Contents

AUTODYN User Manual ............................................................................................ 1

Overview ................................................................................................................. 1
Overview ................................................................................................................. 1
Overview - Tool Bar ............................................................................................ 2
Overview - Navigation Bar .................................................................................. 4
Overview - Dialog Panel and Dialog Windows .................................................... 6
Overview - Command Line Panel........................................................................ 9
Overview - Undock Command Line................................................................... 12
Overview - Command File Window ................................................................... 14
Overview - Message Panel ............................................................................... 16
Overview - HTML review windows .................................................................... 17
Overview - File names ...................................................................................... 18
Overview - On-Line help ................................................................................... 19
Overview - Supported Operating Systems and Compilers ................................ 20
Overview - Initialization Settings ....................................................................... 21
Slide Viewer ...................................................................................................... 26
Overview - AUTODYN in Workbench................................................................ 31
Overview - AUTODYN solver options in Workbench......................................... 39
Pull-down Menus .................................................................................................. 40
Pull-down Menus ...................................................................................................... 40
File .................................................................................................................... 42
Pull-Down Menu-File ......................................................................................... 42
Pull-down Menu - File - New.......................................................................... 45
Manage Folders ............................................................................................. 48
Pull-down Menu - File - Manage Folders .......................................................... 48
Manage Folders - New Folder ........................................................................... 49
Pull-down Menu - File - Save As ................................................................... 50
PullDown Menus - File - SaveProject ............................................................ 51
Pull-down Menu - File - Save As Version ...................................................... 52
PullDownMenus - File - Export To Version .................................................... 53
Pull-down Menu - File - Export PostScript ..................................................... 54
Pull-down Menu - File - Export VRML ........................................................... 61
Import ................................................................................................................ 63
Pull-down Menu - Import ................................................................................... 63
Pull-down Menu - Import - TrueGrid .............................................................. 64
Pull-down Menu - Import - ICEM ................................................................... 68
Pull-down Menu - Import - LS-DYNA ............................................................. 70
Pull-down Menu - Import - Nastran ................................................................ 74
Pull Down Menus - Import - Convert IJK to Unstructured .............................. 77
Setup ................................................................................................................. 78
Pull-down Menu - Setup .................................................................................... 78
Pull-down Menu - Setup - Description ........................................................... 80
Pull-down Menu - Setup - Symmetry ............................................................. 82
Execution .......................................................................................................... 83
Pull-down Menu - Execution ............................................................................. 83

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Pull-down Menu - Execute - Batch Runner .................................................... 84

View .................................................................................................................. 86
Pull-down Menu - View ..................................................................................... 86
Pull-down Menu - View - Slideshow - Setup .................................................. 88
Pull-down Menu - View - Performance Profiler .............................................. 90
Options .............................................................................................................. 92
Pull-down Menu - Options ................................................................................. 92
Pull-down Menu - Options - Interactivity ........................................................ 93
Pull-down Menu - Options - Clipping Planes ................................................. 94
Pull-down Menu - Options - Default Settings ................................................. 95
Pull-down Menu - Options - Pause License................................................... 96
Pull-down Menu - Options - Create User-Subroutine Project ........................ 97
Pull-down Menu - Help ...................................................................................... 98
Plots ...................................................................................................................... 99
Plots ...................................................................................................................... 99
Plots - Select Contour Variable ....................................................................... 101
Plots - View range and slices (Structured) ...................................................... 102
View range and slices (SPH/Unstructured) ..................................................... 103
Settings ............................................................................................................... 104
Settings ............................................................................................................... 104
Settings - Display ............................................................................................ 106
Settings - Grid ................................................................................................. 113
Settings - Legend ............................................................................................ 114
Settings - Node/Element Numbers .................................................................. 115
Materials ......................................................................................................... 116
Settings - Materials ......................................................................................... 116
Settings - Materials - Modify Material Color ................................................. 118
Contour ........................................................................................................... 119
Settings - Contour ........................................................................................... 119
Settings - Contour - Profile Plot ................................................................... 122
Settings - Velocity vector................................................................................. 124
Settings - Gauge point .................................................................................... 126
Settings - Boundary ......................................................................................... 128
Settings - Joins................................................................................................ 129
Settings - Axes ................................................................................................ 130
Settings - Detonation ....................................................................................... 132
Settings - Eroded Nodes ................................................................................. 133
Settings - Unused Regions ............................................................................. 134
Settings - Polygons ......................................................................................... 135
Settings - Beam Sections ................................................................................ 136
Settings - Shell Thickness ............................................................................... 140
Settings - Material Direction ............................................................................ 141
Settings - Marker ............................................................................................. 143
Settings - Shell Normal ................................................................................... 146
Settings-Part Highlights ................................................................................... 147
History ................................................................................................................ 149
History ................................................................................................................ 149
History - Single Variable Plot .......................................................................... 152
History - Reduce ............................................................................................. 153
History Write Text Output ................................................................................ 154

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Multiple Variable Plot ...................................................................................... 155

History - Multiple Variable Plot ........................................................................ 155
History - Multiple Variable Plot - Set All Plots .............................................. 157
History - Multiple Variable Plot - Modify Selected Plot ................................. 158
History - Min/Max ......................................................................................... 160
History - Set Scales ..................................................................................... 161
History - Set Plot Styles ............................................................................... 163
History - Set Legend Position ...................................................................... 164
History - Load .............................................................................................. 165
Slides .................................................................................................................. 167
View Slides (Slide Viewer) .................................................................................. 171
Materials ............................................................................................................. 176
Materials ............................................................................................................. 176
Materials - New / Modify.................................................................................. 178
Materials - Copy .............................................................................................. 182
Materials - Delete ............................................................................................ 183
Materials - Load .............................................................................................. 184
Initial Conditions ................................................................................................. 185
Initial Conditions ................................................................................................. 185
Initial Conditions - New/Modify ........................................................................ 187
Initial Explicit Model Initialization ..................................................................... 190
Initial Conditions - Delete ................................................................................ 193
Boundaries ......................................................................................................... 194
Boundaries ......................................................................................................... 194
Boundaries - New / Modify .............................................................................. 195
Boundaries - Delete ........................................................................................ 197
Parts ................................................................................................................... 198
Parts ................................................................................................................... 198
New ................................................................................................................. 203
Parts - New ..................................................................................................... 203
Parts - New - Select Predef (2D) ................................................................. 206
Parts - New - Select Predef (3D) ................................................................. 214
Parts - New - Select Predef (3D Shell) ........................................................ 223
Parts - New - Define Zoning (2D) ................................................................ 226
Parts - New - Define Zoning (3D) ................................................................ 236
Parts - New - Define Zoning (3D Shell) ....................................................... 246
Parts - New - Fill Part (2D) ..................................................................................... 250
Parts - New - Fill Part .................................................................................. 252
Parts - New - Fill Part (Shell) ....................................................................... 255
Parts - Copy .................................................................................................... 257
Parts - Delete .................................................................................................. 258
Parts - IJK Range ............................................................................................ 259
Parts - Activation ............................................................................................. 260
Parts - Rename ............................................................................................... 261
Parts - Print ..................................................................................................... 262
Parts-Pack(Fill) ................................................................................................ 263
Zoning ............................................................................................................. 264
Parts - Zoning.................................................................................................. 264
Parts - Zoning - Box..................................................................................... 267

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Parts - Zoning - Cylinder .............................................................................. 269

Parts - Zoning - Sphere ............................................................................... 271
Parts - Zoning - Ogive ................................................................................. 273
Parts - Zoning - Quad .................................................................................. 275
Parts - Zoning - Hex .................................................................................... 277
Parts - Zoning - Frag/Bric (page 1) .............................................................. 279
Parts - Zoning - Frag/Bric (page 2)......................................................................... 281
Parts - Zoning - Transition ........................................................................... 283
Parts - Zoning - Node .................................................................................. 284
Parts - Zoning - Line .................................................................................... 285
Parts - Zoning - Surface .............................................................................. 287
Parts - Zoning - Volume............................................................................... 289
Parts - Zoning - Translate ............................................................................ 291
Parts - Zoning - Rotate ................................................................................ 292
Parts - Zoning - Scale .................................................................................. 293
Parts - Zoning - Copy .................................................................................. 294
Parts - Zoning - Delete ................................................................................ 295
Parts - Zoning - Save................................................................................... 296
Parts - Zoning - Restore .............................................................................. 297
Parts - Zoning - Refine ................................................................................ 298
Parts-Zoning-Fill Block ................................................................................ 300
Parts-Zoning-Fill Block .................................................................................... 300
Parts-Zoning-Fill Block-Implicit .................................................................... 301
Parts-Zoning-Fill Block-Explicit .................................................................... 303
Fill ................................................................................................................... 305
Parts - Fill ........................................................................................................ 305
Parts - Fill - Block ........................................................................................ 307
Parts - Fill - I / J / K Plane ............................................................................ 309
Parts - Fill - Node......................................................................................... 311
Parts - Fill - Unused ..................................................................................... 313
Composite ................................................................................................... 314
Parts - Fill - Composite ................................................................................ 314
Parts - Fill - Multi-Fill .................................................................................... 318
Parts - Fill - Datafile ..................................................................................... 320
Parts - Fill - Part Fill ................................................................................................ 325
Parts - Fill - Block Remap ............................................................................ 327
Boundary ......................................................................................................... 332
Parts - Boundary ............................................................................................. 332
Parts - Boundary - Block .............................................................................. 333
Parts - Boundary - I / J / K Plane ................................................................. 334
Parts - Boundary - Node .............................................................................. 335
Parts - Boundary - Clear .............................................................................. 336
Parts - Boundary - Apply Interactively ......................................................... 337
Parts - Boundary - Clear Interactively .......................................................... 338
Gauges ........................................................................................................... 339
Parts - Gauges ................................................................................................ 339
Parts - Gauges - Add ................................................................................... 341
Parts - Gauges - Move ................................................................................ 342
Parts - Gauges - Delete ............................................................................... 343
Parts - Gauges - Add Unstructured ............................................................. 344

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Parts - Gauges - Move Unstructured ........................................................... 345

Parts - Gauges - Delete Unstructured ......................................................... 346
Solvers ............................................................................................................ 347
Parts - Solvers (Structured) ............................................................................. 347
Parts - Solvers (Structured) - Type .............................................................. 348
Parts - Solvers (Structured) - Solution (2D Shells) ...................................... 349
Parts - Solvers (Structured) - Solution (3D Shells) ...................................... 350
Parts - Solvers (Structured) - Solutions (Beams) ......................................... 351
Parts - Solvers (Structured) - Solution (3D Euler-FCT) ................................ 352
Parts - Solvers (Structured) - Solution (2D SPH) ......................................... 353
Parts - Solvers (Structured) - Solution (3D SPH) ......................................... 355
Parts - Solvers (Structured) - Dezone-(2D & 3D Euler) ............................... 357
Parts-Solver (Structured) - Dezone (2D & 3D Lagrange/ALE) ..................... 358
Parts - Solvers (Structured) - Jetting ........................................................... 360
Parts - Solvers (Unstructured) - Solid .......................................................... 362
Parts - Solvers (Unstructured) - Shell .......................................................... 365
Parts - Solvers (Unstructured) - Beam......................................................... 367
Motions ........................................................................................................... 368
Parts - Motions ................................................................................................ 368
Parts - Motions - Block ................................................................................ 369
Parts - Motions - I / J / K Plane .................................................................... 370
Parts - Motions - Node................................................................................. 371
Parts - Motions - Modify............................................................................... 372
Geometry ........................................................................................................ 373
Parts-Geometry - SPH .................................................................................... 373
Parts - Geometry - New/Modify ................................................................... 375
Parts-Geometry-Copy .................................................................................. 378
Parts-Geometry-Import Part ........................................................................ 379
Parts-Geometry-Translate ........................................................................... 382
Parts-Geometry-Rotate ............................................................................... 383
Components ....................................................................................................... 384
Components ....................................................................................................... 384
Components - New ......................................................................................... 386
Components - Modify ...................................................................................... 388
Components - Delete ...................................................................................... 390
Components - Material .................................................................................... 391
Components - Velocity .................................................................................... 392
Components - Initial Conditions ...................................................................... 393
Components - Apply Boundary ....................................................................... 394
Components - Clear Boundary ........................................................................ 395
Components - Translate .................................................................................. 396
Components - Rotate ...................................................................................... 397
Components - Scale ........................................................................................ 398
Components - Copy ........................................................................................ 399
Groups ................................................................................................................ 400
Groups ................................................................................................................ 400
Groups - New .................................................................................................. 410
Groups - Rename............................................................................................ 411
Groups - Copy ................................................................................................. 412

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Groups - Delete ............................................................................................... 413

Groups - Apply ................................................................................................ 414
Groups - Clear................................................................................................. 415
Groups - Material ............................................................................................ 416
Groups-Velocity ...................................................................................................... 417
Groups - Initial Condition ................................................................................. 418
Groups-Translate ............................................................................................ 419
Groups-Rotate................................................................................................. 420
Groups-Scale .................................................................................................. 421
Joins ................................................................................................................... 422
Joins ................................................................................................................... 422
Joins - Join ...................................................................................................... 426
Joins - Unjoin .................................................................................................. 428
Joins - Matrix ................................................................................................... 429
Merge Joined Nodes ....................................................................................... 430
Bonded Face Connections .............................................................................. 431
Interactions ......................................................................................................... 433
Interactions ......................................................................................................... 433
Lagrange/Lagrange ......................................................................................... 434
Interactions - Lagrange / Lagrange ................................................................. 434
Lagrange/Lagrange Introduction.................................................................. 435
Interactions - Lagrange / Lagrange - Create ................................................ 438
Interactions - Lagrange / Lagrange - Add .................................................... 439
Interactions - Lagrange / Lagrange - Remove ............................................. 440
Interactions - Lagrange / Lagrange - Matrix ................................................. 441
Interactions - Lagrange / Lagrange - Range ................................................ 442
Interactions - Lagrange / Lagrange - Friction ............................................... 443
Lagrange/Lagrange - 2D Gap Contact Options ........................................... 446
Interactions-Lagrange/Lagrange-2D Trajectory Contact Options ................ 450
Interactions-Lagrange/Lagrange-3D Gap Contact Options ......................... 454
Interactions-Lagrange/Lagrange-3D Trajectory Contact Options ................ 460
Euler/Lagrange (2D) ........................................................................................ 466
Interactions - Euler / Lagrange (2D) ................................................................ 466
Interactions - Euler / Lagrange Introduction................................................. 471
Interactions - Euler/Lagrange (2D) - New Polygon ...................................... 473
Interactions - Euler/Lagrange (2D) - Velocity ............................................... 474
Interactions - Euler/Lagrange (2D) - Porosity .............................................. 475
Interactions - Euler/Lagrange (2D) - New Interaction .................................. 476
Euler/Lagrange (3D) ........................................................................................ 477
Interactions - Euler - Lagrange (3D) ................................................................ 477
Interactions - Euler / Lagrange (3D) - Select ............................................... 479
Interactions - Euler / Lagrange (3D) - Thickness ......................................... 481
Interactions - Euler / Lagrange (3D) - Joins ................................................. 483
Interactions - Euler / Lagrange (3D) - Weak Coupling ................................. 485
Detonation (2D) .................................................................................................. 488
Detonation (2D) ...................................................................................................... 488
Detonation (2D) - Point ................................................................................... 490
Detonation (2D) - Line ..................................................................................... 492
Detonation (2D) - Circle .................................................................................. 494
Detonation (2D) - Manual ................................................................................ 496

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Detonation (3D) .................................................................................................. 497

Detonation (3D) .................................................................................................. 497
Detonation (3D) - Point ................................................................................... 499
Detonation (3D) - Plane .................................................................................. 501
Detonation (3D) - Cylinder .............................................................................. 503
Detonation (3D) - Sphere ................................................................................ 505
Detonation (3D) - Manual ................................................................................ 507
Parallel ................................................................................................................ 508
Parallel ................................................................................................................ 508
Parallel - Add / Modify ..................................................................................... 511
Parallel - Copy................................................................................................. 513
Parallel - Sub-domains .................................................................................... 514
Parallel - Task Assignment ............................................................................. 516
Parallel Automatic Decomposition................................................................... 520
Automatic decomposition of Euler-FCT parts .................................................. 522
Parallel - Decomposition of beam parts .......................................................... 526
Output ................................................................................................................. 528
Output .................................................................................................................... 528
Output-Part Summary Variables ..................................................................... 535
Outputs-Results Files ...................................................................................... 537
User Variables .................................................................................................... 541
User Variables .................................................................................................... 541
User Variables - Add/Modify ........................................................................... 542
Controls .............................................................................................................. 544
Controls .............................................................................................................. 544
Controls-Mass scaling ..................................................................................... 554
Controls - Global Erosion ................................................................................ 557

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AUTODYN User Manual

Overview

Overview
ANSYS AUTODYN is an explicit analysis tool for modeling nonlinear dynamics of
solids, fluids, gas, and their interaction, and forms part of the ANSYS Workbench
suite.

ANSYS AUTODYN provides a user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI),

combining pre-processor, solver and post-processor in the same windows
environment. A single executable performs simulations in both two and three
dimensions.

The GUI is laid out with buttons running horizontally along the top and vertically
down the left hand side of the main window. The horizontal group of buttons is
referred to as the Tool Bar and the vertical group as the Navigation Bar . The Tool
Bar and Navigation Bar offer quick access to options also available through the Pull-
down Menus.

The main window is composed of a number of Panels (View, Dialog, Message and
Command Line).

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Overvi ew - Tool Bar

The Tool Bar (and the Navigation Bar) provides shortcuts to options available in the
pull-down menus.

The Tool Bar buttons and their use are described below.

Create a new model (this functionality is only available when AUTODYN is

started up outside ANSYS Workbench)
Open an existing model (this functionality is only available when AUTODYN is
started up outside ANSYS Workbench)
Save current model to current filename (this functionality is only available
when AUTODYN is started up outside ANSYS Workbench)
Open a results file
Open a settings file
Save current plot view parameters to a settings file
Print
Transform object – default to on
Transform light source
Rotate model
Translate model
Zoom function
Set view – brings up new window so that exact view can be set
Reset model
Fit model to view panel
Examine model
Profile window
Toggle wireframe mode (on/off)
Perspective on/off
Hardware acceleration on/off
Setup slide show
Create image of current view
Record slideshow
Create textslide
Show/hide Navigation Bar

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Manual/Automatic refresh
Refresh screen
Stop all plotting

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Overvi ew - Navigatio n Bar

The Navigation Bar contains two groups of buttons.

The top group of buttons (View) let you control what you see in the View Panel.
From here you can access and modify plot settings, view history plots, and create or
view slide shows / animations :

The lower group of buttons (Setup) let you access dialog panels to set up your
model. Starting at the top button (Materials) and working down to the Run button,
you can build your model in the most efficient and logical way :

The Problem Setup section explains this procedure in detail:

The Run button at the foot of the bar is used to run (execute) problems :

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For the example given here predef is chosen as the option. The predef zoning
option has a sub-option '#PREDEF GEOMETRY' which allows the user to choose
the predef they want to zone. In this simple example the box predef is chosen and
the required parameters have been set.

When all the parameters have been set the '@DO' command is issued which
executes the command.

The easiest way to use the command line and become familiar with the command
structure is to use the user interface to zone and fill parts as usual. The commands
will then be recorded and can then be edited and played back as described above.
Also, as can be seen in the picture above some guidance is given in the history
window for the syntax used to set options and parameters etc. should you choose to
type in the commands directly.

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Press this button to detach the command line panel from the main user interface and
open it in a separate dialog window. If this window is then closed, the Command Line
docks back into the main user interface.

When the command line is detached from the main UI the command dialog panel
contains three separate lists. The 'Command History' is shown on the left hand side
and contains all valid commands executed in the current session. Multiple
commands can be selected from this list to be replayed. The Message/Output panel
is shown at the bottom. This provides the user with help if they request it and gives
any error messages when invalid commands are performed.

The 'Commands to be processed:' list behaves the same as the command line when
docked into the main UI but is much more user friendly and allows multiple lines to
be input before pressing the process button. Any commands selected from the

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History list are copied into the 'commands to be processed:' panel and can then be
edited before being processed.

The example above shows how you can replay a zoning operation. In this case the
DZ parameter is modified before the command is re-processed.

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Overview - On-Line help

The documentation and help pages for AUTODYN have been merged into a single
context sensitive HTML documentation system.

All documents are accessible from the AUTODYN graphics user interface.

Pressing (Help) bring up context sensitive help pages in your default web
browser.

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Overvi ew - Suppo rted Operating Systems and Compilers

The following operating systems are supported at release 12.0 of ANSYS

AUTODYN.

System C++ Fortran

Windows XP Pro, 32 Microsoft Visual Intel Fortran
bit Studio 10.1
Windows Vista, 32 bit C++ .NET 2005
Windows XP Pro, Microsoft Visual Intel Fortran
64bit Studio 10.1
Windows Vista, 64bit C++ .NET 2005
RedHat EL 4 (Update Intel Fortran
5) 10.1
SUSE 10 Intel Fortran
10.1

32 Bit Li nux
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Update 5)

64 Bit Linux (x86-64)

SUSE Professional 10

64 Bit Linu x (Itanium II)

RedHat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Update 5)

Third Party Softw are Requir ements for Parallel

System Parallel Environ ment

Windows XP Pro, 32 bit WMPI 1.6.1
Windows Vista, 32 bit
Windows XP Pro, 64 bit WMPI 2.4.2
Windows Vista, 64 bit
RedHat EL 4 (Update 5) HP-MPI 2.2.7*
SUSE 10 HP-MPI 2.2.7*

*Supplied with AUTODYN

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Overvi ew - Initi alization Settings

AUTODYN is installed with a pre-configured file called autodyn.ini, which is in the

users Application Data directory, in the sub folder Ansys\v120\AUTODYN. This is
the contents of the file after installation :

AUTODYN_ini ti alizat io n_f il e

application_window_width
1000
application_window_height
700
message_window_visibility
0
manual_refresh_default
0
background_color
1
hardware_acceleration
1
reset_plot_flags
0
plot_wireframe
0
plot_perspective
0
model_interactivity_default
0
graded_background
1
OpenGL_for_slides
1
remove_joined_faces
0
open_new_browser_window
1
command_line_on
1
enable_beep
0
mouse_option_rotate
2
keyboard_option_rotate
0
mouse_option_zoom
3
keyboard_option_zoom
0
mouse_option_translate
2

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keyboard_option_translate
2
mouse_option_toolbar
1
keyboard_option_toolbar
0
mouse_option_examine
1
keyboard_option_examine
3
mouse_option_boxzoom
3
keyboard_option_boxzoom
2
use_prepost_only
0
additional_user_title

You can alter the contents of this file to customize the startup of AUTODYN.

You can use any text editor to make your changes (e.g. Notepad or MS Word).

You can set the following parameters in this file.

Appl ic ati on win dow w id th

This sets the width of the AUTODYN application window at startup.

Appl ic ati on win dow h eig ht

This sets the height of the AUTODYN application window at startup.

Message window visibil ity

This switch sets the visibility of the message window on startup.

0 Message window hidden

1 Message window visible

Manual refr esh default

This switch sets manual refresh on or off. For large models you may want to have
full control on the refreshing of the plot window.

0 Manual refresh off

1 Manual refresh on

Background color

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This switch sets the color of the background for the View Panel on startup.

0 Black background
1 White background

Plot wireframe

This switch sets the wireframe plotting option on or off on startup.

0 Plot wireframe off

1 Plot wireframe on

Plot perspective

This switch sets the perspective plotting option on or off on startup.

0 Plot perspective off

1 Plot perspective on

Hardw are acceleration

This switch sets hardware graphics acceleration on or off on startup.

0 Hardware graphics acceleration off

1 Hardware graphics acceleration on

Model Interactivity default

This switch sets the default model interaction setting for the toolbar mouse/keyboard
combination on startup.

1 Translate model
2 Rotate model
3 Zoom in/out

Reset plot flags

This switch sets reset plot flags on or off.

If this flag is on, when you load a new model (or a different cycle of the current
model) the plot settings for all Parts will be reset to default values (e.g. default view,
material locations, etc.).

If this flag is off, when you load a new model (or a different cycle of the current
model) with a model already present, the plot settings (grid, material location,
material status, contour) for the current model are migrated to the new model for
each Part with the same name.

0 Reset plot flags off

1 Reset plot flags on

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Graded background

This switch sets graded background on or off. If this switch is on a graded

background color is used. If this switch is off a solid black or white color is used
depending on Background color setting.

0 Graded background off

1 Graded background on

OpenGL for Slide creation

This switch sets OpenGL for Slide creation on or off. Using OpenGL during the
creation of slides can cause problems for some graphics cards. If you experience
any problems creating slides with this switch turned on, try turning it off.

0 OpenGL off for slide creation

1 OpenGL on for slide creation

Browser Options

By default, when AUTODYN opens an html document (either for the on-line help, or
for the summary reviews), the page will be displayed in any browser that is currently
open. By setting this flag to 1, a browser will be opened to display the information.
This option may not work for all browsers.

Command Li ne Options

Set this flag to 1 to enable the command line.

Warning Sound Options

This option lets you enable or disable the warning beep

Mouse and Keyboard options

These options let you set the mouse and keyboard combinations for interaction.
Each action type has a keyboard and an associated mouse option. A default will be
used if any are not defined.

Mouse
0 Not used
1 Left Mouse Button
2 Middle Mouse Button
3 Right Mouse Button

Keyboard
0 None
1 Shift
2 Control

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3 Alt

Mouse Option Rotate & Keyboard Option Rotate mouse and keyboard
Rotate combination
Mouse Option Zoon & Keyboard Option Zoom mouse and keyboard
Zoom combination
Mouse Option Translate & Keyboard Translate mouse and keyboard
Option Translate combination
Mouse Option Toolbar & Keyboard Option Toolbar mouse and keyboard
Toolbar combination
This is the default combination for the interaction type selected on the toolbar
Mouse Option Examine & Keyboard Option Examine mouse and keyboard
Examine combination
Mouse Option Boxzoom and Keyboard Box zoom mouse and keyboard
Option Boxzoom combination

PrePost lic ense usage

By default this switch is set to zero and AUTODYN will start up using a solver
license. When the switch is set to zero AUTODYN will start up using a PrePost
license only.

Addi ti on al us er ti tl e

This option lets you add additional information below the top left hand corner of the
View Panel.

You can enter up to 256 characters.

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Slide Viewer
The View Slides option on the Navigation Bar starts the Slide Viewer (it can also be
run independently of AUTODYN).

The Viewer lets you load and view GIF and GFA animations.

Components of the Viewer's user interface :

View Window

This is where your animations are shown.

Pull-down Menus

File

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This pull-down menu lets you load single GIF and GFA animation files for
playback, and exit the program.

Sequence

This pull-down menu lets you playback multiple GIF animations using
sequence files.

A sequence file contains a list of GIF animations you want to view

consecutively.

All the animations in a sequence file must be in the same directory as the
sequence file.

New Sequenc e File

This option opens a new sequence file.

Open Sequence File

This option opens an existing sequence file.

Edit Sequence

This option lets you insert and delete animations in the current sequence
file.

The following dialog window appears when you select this option :

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Sequence list

The box at the top of this dialog contains a list of the animations
currently included in the sequence, together with their time delay
(how long the first slide in the sequence is shown, in seconds).

Insert

Press this button to insert another animation immediately after the

selected animation.

Delete

Press this button to delete the selected animation.

Delay

Enter a time delay in this field (in seconds). When you Insert an
animation, this time delay is applied.

You can create and edit sequence files manually if you wish. Sequence
files must have a .seq extension and use the following format

Format Example
The number of animations 3
in the sequence

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0.0 anim.gif
Default frame delay in
seconds + <space> + file 1.2
name another.gif

Default frame delay in 1.6

seconds + <space> + file yetanother.gif
name

Default frame delay in

seconds + <space> + file
name

etc.

Save As

This option saves the current sequence file (.seq)

Control

This pull-down menu provides the same functions that are available in the
Control Bar.

Control Bar

This bar lets you control the playing of the GIF or GFA animation you have loaded.

Pressing a button on this bar performs the following actions (you can type the
corresponding Hotkey as an alternative to pressing the a button).

Button Hotkey Action

Go to the first frame of the
b
animation
r Go back one frame
x Play (from the current frame)

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Pause (at the current frame).

p
This is a toggle button.
s Stop (at the current frame)
a Advance one frame
Go to the last frame of the
e
animation

View Bar

This bar only appears when you have loaded a GFA animation.

The buttons on this bar let you control how you view your GFA animation and work in
the same way as the corresponding icons in the AUTODYN Tool Bar

Rotate view
Translate view
Zoom in or out
Set view (brings up a window that allows you to set an exact view)
Reset view (to the initial view)
Turn perspective on or off (toggle)

Frames Slider

This slider lets you move quickly to any frame in the animation(s).

Speed Slider

This slider lets you adjust the playback speed for animations.

Loop

Check this box if you want the animation(s) to automatically start again from the first
frame when the last frame is reached.

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Overview - AUTODYN in Work bench

An overview of how to access AUTODYN in Workbench at release 12 is provided
below. Full guidance on how to use Workbench at release 12 is provided in the on-
line help system of Workbench.

A new paradigm for managing simulations is used with the ANSYS Workbench GUI
at release 12. The ANSYS Workbench GUI now consists primarily of a Toolbox
region, Project Schematic, Toolbar, and menu bar. Depending on the analysis type
and/or application or workspace, you may also see other windows, tables, charts, etc

One way to work in ANSYS Workbench is to drag an item such as a component or

analysis system from the Toolbox to the Project Schematic or to double-click on an
item to initiate the default action. You can also use the context menus, accessible
from a right-mouse click, for additional options. You will view your analysis systems
-- the components that make up your analysis -- in the Project Schematic including
all connections and links between the systems. The individual applications in which
you work will display separately from the ANSYS Workbench GUI, but the results of
the actions you take in the applications may be reflected in the Project Schematic.

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Full details of how to use ANSYS Workbench are provided in "Workbench Help"
section of the Workbench on-line help system.

An ANSYS AUTODYN product license should enable three primary systems in the
Toolbox of the Workbench GUI.

AUTODYN System

The AUTODYN system is located in the Component Systems toolbox of the

Workbench GUI. This system allows you to start-up the traditional ANSYS
AUTODYN application and includes pre-processing, solve and post-processing
options for all AUTODYN solvers.

To start-up the AUTODYN application simply insert an AUTODYN system into

the project schematic. Then double click the Setup cell.

The AUTODYN application will start-up and you can setup, solve, post-process
models in the familiar AUTODYN user interface. The default start up mode will
be the generation of a new model. The start up mode can be changed by right-
mouse click the Setup cell after which you can select:

• New Model - default

• Import Model - open existing
AUTODYN Save file
• Select user executable - defines
where a user customized version of
AUTODYN resides
• Duplicate - makes a copy of the
model file
• Transfer Data From - Model data from
either the Mesh system or the Explicit
Dynamics system are imported into
AUTODYN

After selection of the desired Setup cell setting double clicking the Setup cell
again will start up AUTODYN in the required mode.

Notes:
• Model Name: The database for an AUTODYN model will now always
be admodel_0.ad. The project name is the now unique identifier for all
databases (see below).

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Pull-down Menus
Pull-down Menus

Pull-down menus let you access all the features and dialog panels/windows in
AUTODYN.

Most options can also be accessed through buttons on the Tool Bar and Navigation
Bar.

Options that are only accessible through pull-down menus are shown below in red.

Options that only are available when AUTODYN is started outside the Workbench
environment are shown below in green.

File Import Setup Execution View Options Help

New from TrueGrid Description Run Plots Interactivity Contents

(.zon) Interactively
Open Symmetry Plot Settings Clipping Abo ut
fro m ICEMCFD Batch Planes
Open (.geo) Material Runner History
Results Graphs Default
File from LS-DYNA Initial Settings
(.k) Conditions Slideshow
Save Pause
from Boundary Performance License
Save MSC.NASTRAN Profiler
Project bdr (.dat) Parts Create
User-
Save As Convert IJK to Components Subroutine
unstructured Project
Save As Groups
Version
Joins
Export to
Version Interactions

Manage Detonation
Folders
Parallel
Save
settings Controls

Load Output
settings
User
Print Variables

Export
PostScript

Export
VRML

Save
Formatted

Export
Formatted

Open
Formatted

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Import
Formatted

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File

Pull-Down Menu-File

This pull-down menu lets you perform file operations.

New

Lets you create a new model

Open

Lets you open (load) an existing model saved in a binary file.

Open Result s Files

Lets you open an existing results file. For more details of results files, see the
section Outputs - Results Files.

Save

Lets you save the current model using the current Ident for the filename to a binary
file.

Save Project

Lets you save the Workbench project and ensures that the AUTODYN analysis
model and all Workbench related data is saved to disk.

Save As
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Time s ms µs s ms µs
Temperature K K K K K K
Density lb.s2/in4 lb.ms2/in4 lb.µs2/in4 lb.s2/ft4 lb.ms2/ft4 lb.µs2/ft4
Inertia lb.s2.in lb.ms2.in lb.µs2.in lb.s2.ft lb.ms2.ft lb.µs2.ft
Volume in3 in3 in3 ft3 ft3 ft3
Force lb lb lb lb lb lb
Pressure psi psi psi psf psf psf
Impulse lb.s lb.ms lb.µs lb.s lb.ms lb.µs
Velocity in/s in/ms in/µs ft/s ft/ms ft/µs
Work lb.in lb.in lb.in lb.ft lb.ft lb.ft
Strain Rate 1/s 1/ms 1/µs 1/s 1/ms 1/µs
Energy lb.in lb.in lb.in lb.ft lb.ft lb.ft
Energy/Unit in2/s2 in2/ms2 in2/µs2 ft2/s2 ft2/ms2 ft2/µs2
Mass
Energy/Unit lb/in2 lb/in2 lb/in2 lb/ft2 lb/ft2 lb/ft2
Volume
Fracture lb/in lb/in lb/in lb/ft lb/ft lb/ft
Energy
Fracture lb2/in2 lb2/in2 lb2/in2 lb2/ft2 lb2/ft2 lb2/ft2
Toughness
Squared
Specific Head in2/s2.K in2/ms2.K in2/µs2.K ft2/s2.K ft2/ms2.K ft2/µs2.K
Capacity
Thermal lb.s/K lb.ms/K lb.µs/K lb.s/K lb.ms/K lb.µs/K
Conductivity

Micron Unit System

A new micron (µm) length system has been introduced. This can be used in
conjunction with a mass unit of picogram (pg) and time unit of microsecond or
millisecond.

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Manage Folders

Pull-down Menu - File - Manage Folders

This menu is only available when AUTODYN is started outside Workbench

This window lets you manage a list of the folders containing your AUTODYN models.

You can add and delete folders from this list as your projects change.

Folder Lis t

The scroll box contains a list of the current folders you have selected. For each
folder you see its alias (if defined) followed by its full path name in parentheses.

Double clicking on any folder in this list selects it as the directory for your current
model.

Select / Create Folder

Press this button to add another folder to your list (using a browser). After selecting
the directory for the folder, you can optionally specify an alias for the folder.

Remove Folder from list

Press this button to remove the selected folder from your list.

View Folder Contents

Press this button to view the model files in the selected folder.

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Manage Folders - New Folder

This window lets you define an optional alias name for a folder.

Enter the alias name in the field provided.

If you leave this field blank, the full folder name will be used to reference the folder.

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Pull-down Menu - File - Save As

This menu is only available when AUTODYN is started outside Workbench

This window lets you save the current model under a new Ident.

Folder

This field shows the current folder in which model files are saved.

Browse

Press this button to browse to a new folder for saving model files.

Folder Li st

Press this button to select a folder from your folder list for saving model files and/or
manage your folder list.

Ident

Enter the new Ident you want to use for saving model data.

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PullDown Menus - File - SaveProj ect

This option brings up the Workbench project page and allows you to save the current
Workbench project and ensures that the AUTODYN analysis model and all
Workbench related data is saved to disk.

Save in

This field shows the current folder in which the Workbench project tree is saved and
the user can select a different folder if required.

File Name

The user defined project name.

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Pull-dow n Menu - File - Save As Versi on

This menu is only available when AUTODYN is started outside Workbench.

This option lets you to "Save" an AUTODYN save file in the format supported by
previous versions. The formats available are listed and the chosen format should be
selected from the list.

As features and options available in the current version, but not in the version
selected, will be lost, we recommend that you always choose a new filename when
using this option.

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PullDownMenus - File - Expor t To Versi on

This option lets you "Save" an AUTODYN save file in the format supported by
previous versions. The formats available are listed and the chosen format should be
selected from the list.

As features and options available in the current version, but not in the version
selected, will be lost, we recommend that you always choose a new filename when
using this option.

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Pull-dow n Menu - File - Export PostScrip t

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This window lets you output the current plot to a PostScript file.

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PS file

Enter the name of the PostScript file in this field (use the Browse button to navigate
to a directory/file if you wish).

Dynamic

Check this box if you want a new PostScript file to be output each time the input view
is rendered. Otherwise, you must explicitly request a new file by pressing the Write
PostScript button.

Write PostScript

If Dynamic is not checked, press this button to generation of a PostScript output file.

Color Mode

This pull-down menu lets you select the color format used in the output file.

Color

Each color is specified as an RGB triple in the output file. The output file can be
rendered in color on a color printer, or in greyscale on a monochrome printer.

Greyscale

Each color is converted to a single intensity value. The output file can only be
rendered in greyscale, on color or monochrome printer. Greyscale files will be
smaller than those written with full color information.

Background Mode

This pull-down menu lets you select how the background of the scene will be
rendered.

White

Force the scene to be rendered on a white background. This typically means

that the printer does not apply any color or shading to the background.

Black

Force the scene to be rendered on a black background.

Keep

Use the view background color specified in the AVS/Express viewer, as the
PostScript background color.

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Orientation

This pull-down menu lets you select the page layout.

Landscape

The x-axis of the scene device coordinates is oriented along the longer side of
the paper.

Portrait

he x-axis of the scene device coordinates is oriented along the shorter side of
the paper.

Size

This pull-down menu lets you select the paper size for the output.

EPS (user)

Encapsulated PostScript format, where you can specify the dimensions of the
output, and the resulting file can be embedded in other documents. You must
set the width, height and margin in the fields provided if you select this option.

A (l ett er)

Standard US letter paper size (280mm x 216mm)

Ledger paper size (432mm x 280mm).

A4

Standard European A4 paper size (297mm x 210mm).

A3

A3 paper size (420mm x 297mm).

A0

A0 paper size (1189mm x 841mm).

Width, Height, Margin

Use these fields to specify the width and height and margin of EPS size output if this
option is selected.

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Color Subdivisio n

This pull-down menu lets you select how the color is interpolated for polylines and
surfaces, in 2D and 3D, with per-vertex color or lighting of 3D surfaces. When
subdivision is enabled (Precompute or Postcompute), the subdivision proceeds
until a color tolerance is reached. This adaptive method gives the best quality results
without subdividing primitives with small color gradients.

None (flat)

No color interpolation is performed. The output polyline and triangle primitives

are drawn with constant color per-segment, or per-facet. Incoming vertex
colors are averaged to produce the segment or facet color, where necessary.

Precompute

The OutputVPS module subdivides line segments and triangles that have per-
vertex color from data mapping, or as the result of lighting 3D surfaces. The
subdivision generates many smaller primitives with linearly interpolated color.
Precomputing the subdivision increases the output file size, and the subdivision
cannot be changed during printing.

Postcompute

Special interpolation macros are written to the output file, together with the
color tolerance parameter. Primitives are written with color per-vertex
information in the PostScript output. The subdivision is made at print time, in
the PostScript processor. This gives high quality output, with small file size, at
the expense of slower printing. The color tolerance parameter can be edited by
hand to change the color resolution after the file has been generated.

Color tol erance

Use this field to specify the absolute difference in color space, for the color
subdivision algorithms: Precompute and Postcompute. In Postcompute mode, the
color tolerance is written to the output file. In precompute mode it is used by the
OutputVPS module to subdivide the line segments and triangle facets which have
per-vertex color. This real value must be in the range 0.0 to 1.0. Smaller values
signify a finer subdivision. Values close to zero will force a very large number of
primitives to be generated, either precomputed in the output file (large file, slow
printing), or postcomputed internally within the printer (slow printing). A value of 1.0
will not cause any subdivision to occur, even when it is enabled by the subdivision
flag. The color tolerance user interface is not displayed for color subdivision None.

Depth Sort Algori thm

Select the depth sort algorithm you want to use from the pull-down menu.

Default

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A simple sort by the minimum z coordinate of each primitive object. While this
is well suited for many applications, it can result in visual artifacts in complex
scenes.

NNS

The Newell and Sancha hidden surface removal algorithm. When a possible
visual artifact is detected, the algorithm first tries to interchange the conflicting
primitives. If there is still a conflict (consider the case of intersecting triangles),
then one of the primitives is split along the
line(s) of intersection.

Gamma Correction

This pull-down menu lets you select how final colors are modified to take account of
non-linear effects in the printing device, or perhaps to match the non-linear effects of
the same scene displayed on a raster monitor.

None

No gamma correction is performed. Color values are assumed to behave

linearly.

Precompute

The OutputVPS module modifies all color values (gray, red, green, blue),
before writing the values to the file. Thus precomputed gamma correction is
applied after precomputed color subdivision, but before postcomputed color
subdivision. This means that postcomputed linear interpolation may not give
the expected appearance. Precomputed gamma marginally slows file
generation, but does not affect file size. The precomputed gamma factor
cannot be changed after the file has been generated.

Postcompute (default)

The gamma exponent is written to the output file, and an exponential function
is set for color transfer in the printer. Each rendered color is then gamma
corrected at print time. Postcomputing the gamma correction only increases
the file size by a few bytes, but it will slow down printing. The gamma factor
can be edited by hand after the file has been generated.

Gamma exponent

Use this field to specify the gamma factor to be applied to color components, either
precomputed in the output file, or postcomputed by the printer during printing. The
gamma factor is an exponential factor applied to each color component
independently (gray, red, green, blue). Its value must be greater than 0.0. A value of
1.0 leaves color unchanged, values between 0.0 and 1.0 darken the colors, and
values greater than 1.0 lighten (desaturate) the colors. The default value is 1.8

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Numerical Precision

Float Precision

Use this field to specify the floating point precision used to write real values to
the output file. The values include spatial coordinates and transformations, but
not colors. The value must be in the range 1 to 8. The default value is 4

Color Precision

Use this field to specify the floating point precision used to write color values to
the output file. The color values can be gray, red, green or blue. The value
must be in the range 1 to 8.The default value is 2

Al ph a Thr esh ol d

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Pull-dow n Menu - File - Export VRML

This window lets you output the current plot to a VRML file.

VRML file

Enter the name of the VRML file in this field (use the Browse button to navigate to a
directory/file if you wish).

Protocol

Select the VRML protocol you want to use to write the output file.

VRML1

A clear text ASCII encoding of the VRML 1.0c standard (29 January 1996).

VRML2

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A clear text UTF8 encoding of the VRML 2.0 standard, ISO/IEC CD 14772 (4
August 1996).

Float Precision

Use this field to specify the floating point precision when real values are written to
the output file. The values include spatial coordinates, normal vectors, texture
coordinates, material coefficients, and transformations, but not colors. The value
must be in the range 1 to 8. The default value is 4.

Color Precision

Use this field to specify the floating point precision when real values are written to
the output file. The values include diffuse material colors, emissive material colors,
and light colors. The value must be in the range 1 to 8. The default value is 2.

Indent format

Check this box if you want the file to be written with indented nesting of VRML
nodes. Indentation improves legibility, but increases the size of the output file.

Suppress Normals

Check this box if you do not want normals to be written to the VRML.

Dynamic

Check this box if you want a new VRML file to be output each time the input view is
rendered. Otherwise, you must explicitly request a new file by pressing the Write
VRML button.

Writ e VRML

When the dynamic switch is FALSE, this one-shot parameter triggers the generation
of a VRML output file. When the dynamic switch is TRUE, the user interface for this
parameter is removed.

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Import

Pull-down Menu - Impor t

This pull-down menu lets you import grid data from other programs.

fro m TrueGrid (.zon)

Lets you import block zoning data from TrueGrid.

from ICEM (.geo)

Lets you import block zoning data from ICEM-CFD.

from LS-DYNA (.k)

Lets you import .k files from LS-DYNA.

from MSC.NASTRAN bdf (.dat)

Lets you import .bdf files from Nastran.

Convert IJK t o Unstructur ed

Lets you convert existing IJK structured Parts to Unstructured Parts.

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Pull-dow n Menu - Import - TrueGrid

This window lets you import grid data from TrueGrid.

Navigate to the TrueGrid zoning file you want to import (.zon) and press
to open the following window.

Blocks

The TrueGrid zoning file contains one or more blocks of nodes (imported as Parts).
These are displayed in the scrolling box at the top of the window.

If Import selected parts is checked, you can select one or more blocks.

Import all Parts

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Check this option if you want to import all the blocks as Parts.

Import selected Parts

Check this option if you want to import selected blocks as Parts. Select the blocks
you want to import in the top box.

Select sol ver type

Select the solver type you want to assign to the imported Parts.

Press to import the Parts.

Parts are imported with their block name. You can change these block names later in
the Parts panel.

TrueGrid zoning file format

There are two formats of TrueGrid zoning files supported by AUTODYN - implicit and
explicit. The two formats are illustrated below by an example which generates a
single cell cubic part (IMAX=2, JMAX=2, KMAX=2) called SUB1 with corners
(0.0,0.0,0.0) and (1.0,1.0,1,0) and a four cell cuboid part (IMAX=2, JMAX=2,
KMAX=3) called SUB2 with corners (2.0,2.0,2.0) and (3.0,3.0,4.0).

The implicit form of this data would be as follows:

IMPLICIT Indicates implicit input is to follow

SUB1 Name of the part for which data follows
121212 The (I,J,K) range for the data I=1, 2, J=1,2, K=1,2
0.0 0.0 0.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (1,1,1)
0.0 0.0 1.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (1,1,2)
0.0 1.0 0.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (1,2,1)
0.0 1.0 1.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (1,2,2)
1.0 0.0 0.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (2,1,1)
1.0 0.0 1.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (2,1,2)
1.0 1.0 0.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (2,2,1)
1.0 1.0 1.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (2,2,2)
SUB2 Name of the part for which data follows
121213 The (I, J, K) range for the data I=J, 2, J=1, 2,
K=1, 3
2.0 2.0 2.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (1,1,1)
2.0 2.0 3.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (1,1,2)
2.0 2.0 4.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (1,1,3)
2.0 3.0 3.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (1,2,1)
2.0 3.0 4.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (1.2,2)
3.0 2.0 2.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (2,1,1)

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3.0 2.0 3.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (2,1,2)
3.0 2.0 4.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (2,1,3)
3.0 3.0 2.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (2,2,1)
3.0 3.0 3.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (2.2,2)
3.0 3.0 4.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for node with index (2,2,3)
END

The explicit form of this data would be as follows:

EXPLICIT Indicates explicit input is to follow

SUB1 Name of the part for which data follows
1 1 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (1,1,1)
1 1 2 0.0 0.0 1.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (1,1,2)
1 2 1 0.0 1.0 0.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (1,2,1)
1 2 2 0.0 1.0 1.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (1,2,2)
2 1 1 1.0 0.0 0.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (2,1,1)
2 1 2 1.0 0.0 1.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (2,1,2)
2 2 1 1.0 1.0 0.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (2,2,1)
2 2 2 1.0 1.0 1.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (2,2,2)
SUB2 Name of the part for which data follows
1 1 1 2.0 2.0 2.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (1,1,1)
1 1 2 2.0 2.0 3.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (1,1,2)
1 1 3 2.0 2.0 4.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (1,1,3)
1 2 1 2.0 3.0 2.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (1,2,1)
1 2 2 2.0 3.0 3.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (1.2,2)
1 2 3 2.0 3.0 4.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (1,2,3)
2 1 1 3.0 2.0 2.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (2.1,1)
2 1 2 3.0 2.0 3.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (2,1,2)
2 1 3 3.0 2.0 4.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (2,1,3)
2 2 1 3.0 3.0 2.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (2,2,1)
2 2 2 3.0 3.0 3.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (2.2,2)
2 2 3 3.0 3.0 4.0 (x,y,z) coordinates for (2,2,3)
STOP Indicates end of all data

With the explicit format, it is not necessary to define coordinates for a complete block
of nodes in index space, and the order in which nodes are defined is unimportant.

When this option is used for a specific block of nodes in index space, the
"indent.zon" file is scanned and only those nodes defined in this file and within the
specified part and block to be initialized will be assigned coordinate values. Thus,
standard zoning options could be used to define the bulk of the grid and the "User"
option called to redefine the coordinates of a few isolated nodes.

Before reading in an explicit zoning file, the parts must already be created. The file
can then be read in using the Import button on the Parts Zoning panel.

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Pull-down Menu - Help

This pull-down menu provides general help for AUTODYN (Contents), and provides
information about the current version (About).

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Plots
Plots

This panel lets you set up what you want to see in the View panel.

Cycle

This pull-down menu lets you choose which cycle you want to view for the current
model (Ident).

Select part(s)

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This box lists the Parts in the model. Operations performed in the Plots panel will
only be applied to the Part(s) you select

Fill type

These options let you select the basic fill type you want to view. Select only one fill
type.

Addi ti on al co mp on ent s

This option let you view additional components in your plot. Check the boxes
alongside the additional components you want to include (any number can be
selected).

Contour Variable

This button is only active if a Contour Fill type is selected. Press this button to
change the variable to be contoured.

View Range

This button is only active if a single Part is selected. Press this button to limit the IJK
range that is plotted for the Part.

Mirror

Check a box to mirror the image in the associated axis.

All Fill types and Additional components have default Settings. You can quickly
access and change these settings by pressing the button to the right of these
options. Doing so will bring up a dialog window containing the settings available for
the associated option.

The Settings button on the Navigation bar gives you access to all these settings.

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Plots - Select Conto ur Variable

This dialog lets you select the variable you want to contour.

Select the variable from the left hand list.

For multi-material variables (those at the top of the left hand list), you must also
select a material (or "All") from the right hand list.

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Plots - View r ange and s lices (Structu red)

This dialog window lets you set the view range and slices to be used to display a
structured part of your model.

Part:

The part that you are defining a view range and slices for is shown here, together
with its index range.

View Range

This box lets you define the I, J and K range you want to see for this Part.

Slices

Instead of a solid view of your Part, you can request to see only slices (planes)
through the part for any of the three indices.

Check the box next to an index for which you wish to create slices and define the
planes for which you want to see these slices.

If no boxes are checked, a solid plot using the view range will be shown.

Reset

This button resets the View Range and Slices to their default values.

Appl y

Pressing this button applies the current settings.

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View range and slices (SPH/Unst ruc tur ed)

Lim it XYZ plot r ange?

Select this option to truncate plotting of unstructured and SPH parts. Any
unstructured elements or SPH nodes that fall outside the view range specified will be
eliminated from the plot.

View Range

Specify the maximum and minimum X, Y and Z coordinates to be plotted for

unstructured and SPH parts. These limits are not set on a per part basis, and so
setting limits will truncate the plotting for all unstructured and SPH parts in the model.

Reset range for new mo del?

If this option is selected, when a new model is opened, the view range will be reset
to show the full model. If this option is not selected, the view range you have
selected will be maintained.

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Settings
Settings
Selecting Settings on the Navigation Bar displays the Plot Type Setting s panel.

This panel lets you change settings for the various plot types that control how you
view your model.

At the top of this panel, a pull-down menu lets you to select the plot type whose
settings you wish to change :

You can change settings for the following plot types:

Display
Grid
Materials
Contour
Velocity Vector
Gauge Point
Boundary
Joins
Axes
Detonation

These settings can also be changed by pressing next to the option in the Plots
panel.

The following additional settings can also be changed by pressing next to the
option under Addi ti on al Com po nents in the Plots panel.

Eroded Nodes
Unused Region s
Polygons (2D only)
Beam sections
Shell thickness

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Legend
Profile
Mat. direction
Marker
Shell normals
Node/Element
Part Highli ght

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Setti ngs - Displ ay

This panel lets you set the following general options :

Deformation Magnification :

This option lets you view magnified grid deformations. Input the magnification you
want to use (1.0 gives no magnification).

Surface rendering of large 3D models :

3D models using hexahedral elements (e.g. Lagrange or Euler) are usually rendered
using all the elements. Check this box to render models using only external faces.
This makes the process much quicker. This option cannot be used for all plots (e.g.
plots with opacity applied).

Standard shell layer to plot :

This option lets you set the layer that is plotted for standard shells (e.g. in contour
plots, material status plots etc.)

Composite shell layer to p lot :

This option lets you set the layer that is plotted for composite shells (e.g. in contour
plots, material status plots etc.)

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Setti ngs - Axes

Axes are automatically chosen to fit the minimum / maximum range of your model.

This dialog lets you define your own axes.

Fix axes size

Check this box to define your own axes.

Axis Di men si on s

Set the min / max range for each of your axes.

Reset

This button resets the min / max ranges to those automatically set from your model
dimensions.

Intervals

Set the number of intervals you want displayed on each of your axes.

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It is possible for the user to fix the size of the axes in the axes settings panel.
To reset the axes size to the default, use the Reset button. The number of intervals
on the axis can also be controlled.

Number of decimal pl aces

Enter the number of decimal places to be displayed for the axes.

Label offset

Set the label offset to control the distance between the axes and the labels.

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Setti ngs - Detonation

This panel lets you set the following options for viewing detonation points :

Marker scale

This slider lets you choose the size of the marker used to show detonation points.

Resolution

This slider lets you choose the marker resolution.

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Setti ngs - Eroded Nodes

This window lets you set the node size for plotting eroded nodes.

Enter an integer number. The higher the number, the larger the node.

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Setti ngs - Unused Regions

This window lets you set options for the plotting of unused regions.

Gridlines

Select whether you want to plot the outline or grid for unused zones and whether the
outline/grid is drawn in black or white.

Plot contours

Check this box if you want the contour variable contoured on unused faces (for
contour plots). Otherwise the face is displayed in grey.

Opacity :

This slider lets you set the opacity for unused regions. An opacity of 1.0 means you
cannot see inside the region. An opacity of 0.0 is equivalent to turning hidden line
removal off (i.e. you can see everything inside the region).

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Settings - Polygons

This window lets you turn on the plotting of polygons (used in 2D Euler-Lagrange
coupling).

Check the box to turn outline plotting on.

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Setti ngs - Beam Sections

This window lets you control the plotting of beams.

Circular Beam Plot Settings

Select the number of facets to be plotted for each circular cross-section beam.

Spring Plot Settings

Select the Plot Springs toggle to enable the spring plot.

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Scale
Select this option to normalize each plotted spring with the length of the spring
element.

Fixed Length
Select this option to display each plotted spring as a fixed size.

Length Scale Factor

The Length Scale Factor is only used together with the scale option. If a length
scale factor of one is chosen, each spring will be displayed as the same length as
the element.

Fixed Length
If the fixed length option has been selected, specify the length of each plotted spring
in this field.

Radius to Length Ratio

Set the radius to length ratio of each plotted spring in this field.

Number of revolutio ns
Set the number of revolutions for each plotted spring in this field.

Resolution

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Set the number of lines used to represent each plotted spring in this field.

Damper Plot Settin gs

Select the Plot Damper toggle to enable the damper plot.

Scale
Select this option to normalize each plotted damper with the length of the damper
element.

Fixed Length
Select this option to display each plotted damper as a fixed size.

Length Scale Facto r

The Length Scale Factor is only used together with the scale option. If a length
scale factor of one is chosen, each damper will be displayed as half the length as the
element.

Fixed Length
If the fixed length option has been selected, specify the length of each plotted
damper in this field.

Radius to Length Ratio

Set the radius to length ratio of each plotted damper in this field.

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Resolution
Set the number of lines used to represent each plotted damper in this field.

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Setti ngs - Shell Thick ness

This window lets you select the thickness you want to use for rendering shells.

You can use either the true shell thickness or the artificial thickness that is used for
coupling shells to Euler.

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Setti ngs - Material Direction

This window lets you change settings for plotting material directions.

Material direction length scale

Use this slider to vary the length of the lines displaying the local axes.

Fix length scale

Check this box to fix the local axes length scale.

Line thickness

Use this slider to vary the thickness of the lines displaying the local axes.

Show Direction 1

Check this box to display the local axis for direction 1.

Show Direction 2

Check this box to display the local axis for direction 2.

Show Direction 3

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Check this box to display the local axis for direction 3

For large models containing mainly volume elements, you will get better results by
selecting the Settings, Display, Surface rendering option.

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Setti ngs - Marker

The Marker Plot lets you highlight a particular position, node or element of interest.

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Specify Marker Position

Choose to specify the marker position either by XYZ coordinates or by specifying a
part and I/J/K values for a node or element.

XYZ coord inates

Enter the coordinates of the marker location.

Node/Element/Face
Lets you highlight a particular node, element or face of an element.

Parts List
Select the part containing the node, element or face to be highlighted.

IJK
Select the I, J, and K values for the node, element or face of interest in case the part
selected is structured.

Node Number/Element Number/Face Number

Enter the node, element for face number of interest in case the part selected is
unstructured. Depending on the selection of User No. or Internal No. the node,
element or face number displayed is the original User Number or the AUTODYN
internal number.

Text labels

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Check this box to label each marker

Text size
This defines the text size used for the label

Label bou nds

Check this box to put a bounding box around each label.

Label offset
Check this box to set your own offset position for labels.

Leading line
Check this box if you want to show lines joining each marker to its label.

Radial offset
Check this box if you want to use radial label offsets instead of linear offsets.

X / Y / Z offset
These sliders let you adjust the label offset distance in the X, Y and Z directions.

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Setti ngs - Shell Normal

This window lets you change settings for plotting shell normals.

Local Axes length scale

Use this slide to vary the length of the arrows displaying the shell direction.

Fix length scale

Check this box to fix the shell normals length scale

Include Joins
Select this toggle to show an average normal for joined nodes. If this toggle is
unselected, a normal will be shown for each of the nodes joined.

Line thickness
Use this slider to vary the thickness of the lines displaying the shell normals.

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Press next to this option to expand the dialog.

Select the Equation of State you want to use from the pull-down menu :

Then type in parameter values in the fields provided :

Strength

This option lets you define the strength model you want to use for your material.

Press next to this option to expand the dialog.

Select the strength model you want to use from the pull-down menu :

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Then type in parameter values in the fields provided:

Failure

This option lets you define the failure model you want to use for your material.

Press next to this option to expand the dialog.

Select the failure model you want to use from the pull-down menu :

Then type in parameter values in the fields provided :

Erosion

This option lets you define the erosion model you want to use for your material.

Press next to this option to expand the dialog.

Select the erosion model you want to use from the pull-down menu :

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Then type in the parameter values in the fields provided :

Cutoffs

This option lets you change the cutoffs for your material.

It is best to use the default values for these cutoff if you are using the default units
(mm,mg,ms).

Press next to this option to expand the dialog and change whatever cutoffs you
want.

Material Reference

Press next to this option to expand the dialog and type in a reference for your
material in the field provided.

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Materi als - Copy

This window lets you copy component data from an existing material to either a new
material or another existing material.

Select material to copy fr om

Select the material you want to copy from this pull-down menu.

Select data components to copy

Check the box alongside the components you want to include in the copy process.

Copy to

Choose to copy the data to a new material or an existing material.

If you copy to a new material, components not copied will be set to the default state.

If you copy to an existing material, components not copied will retain their existing
state.

New material name

If you choose to copy to a new material, enter your name for the new material in this
field.

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Materi als - Delete

This window lets you delete materials from your model.

Select the material(s) you want to delete and press .

If the material you want to delete has been assigned to one or more Parts, you will
be asked to confirm that it's OK to remove the material from the Part(s) :

Elements that have their material removed become Unused.

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Materi als - Load

This window lets you load materials from the current Material Library.

The available materials are listed in a vertical scroll box. For each material four
columns provide its material name, Equation of State, Strength Model and Failure
Model.

Press the button at the top of each column to sort materials alphanumerically in that
column.

Using the control and shift keys as necessary, you can select one or more materials.

Press to load the selected materials into your model.

Press to delete the selected materials from the library.

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Initi al Conditions
Initi al Conditions

This panel lets you create Initial Condition Sets that can be used in Fill operations
for Parts.

You do not have to use an Initial Condition Set to fill a Part, but there is a major
advantage in using one.

Any subsequent changes you make to an Initial Condition Set are automatically
applied to the Parts that have been filled using that Initial Condition Set.

This means you don't have to refill the Parts (this is currently not true for Euler
Parts).

Initial Condition Set List

The box at the top of this panel lists the Initial Condition Sets you have currently
defined for your model. You can select an Initial Condition Set in this list.

New

Press this button to define a new Initial Condition Set.

Modify

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Press this button to modify the selected Initial Condition Set.

Delete

Press this button to delete one or more Initial Condition Sets from your model.

Review

Press this button to review the parameters for the selected Initial Condition Set in a
browser window.

Implicit-Explicit Model Initialization

Acti vate

Select this option to initialize an AUTODYN analysis model using the results of an
ANSYS Mechanical implicit analysis.

Resul ts File

Select the ANSYS .rst results file to be used to initialize the AUTODYN analyses.

Transfer Type

Select the initialization method; either the Displacement Only or the Material State
option as described below.

Resul ts Time

The result time from the ANSYS Mechanical implicit analysis at which to extract
results from the .rst file.

Timestep factor

(Note that this option is only applicable for the Displacement Only method.) The
initial timestep from the AUTODYN solution is multiplied by the timestep factor. The
resulting time (PVELTM) is used together with the nodal displacements from the
ANSYS Mechanical analysis to calculate constant nodal velocities. These nodal
velocities are applied to the AUTODYN model over PVELTM in order to initialize the
AUTODYN nodes to the correct positions.

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Initial Conditions - New/Modify

This window lets you define a new Initial Condition Set.

Name

Enter your name for the Initial Condition Set in this field

Velocit y Only

Select this option if you want your Initial Condition Set to only include velocities (top
left window).

Includ e Material

Select this option if you want your Initial Condition Set to include velocities and a
material and its associated variables (top right window)

Material

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Parts
Parts
In AUTODYN, you build your model in Parts. There are two concepts for node,
element and part data storage and processing available.

Structured Parts

For structured parts in AUTODYN, all information relating to the mesh and the
elements in the mesh is stored and processed using the concept of I, J and K lines
(IJK-space). This means that for an element whose quantities are stored at position
(I, J, K), the nodes belonging to that element are automatically defined in IJK space
as (I-1, J,K), (I, J-1,K), (I-1, J-1,K),.....(see the figure below).

Typical Connecti vit y for IJK-based Element in AUTODYN

The element connectivity is therefore implicitly defined by the structure within the I, J,
K indexing. Information relating to each point in IJK space is also stored in this
structure. Furthermore, in this structured approach, the node and element storage
and processing is directly linked to the Parts in the model.

Each structured Part is a grid (or group of SPH nodes) that a particular solver
operates on.

AUTODYN offers many tools for the generation of structured Parts as will be
described below.

Unstructured Parts

For unstructured parts an alternative "Unstructured" approach to storing and

processing information relating to the mesh is used for the solvers: The basic
entities needed in the simulation are the Nodes, Elements, Faces Joints etc. In this
scheme, these are stored in unique and independent global "Entity" lists, where an
entity is a node, element, face, join etc. Connectivity between entities is determined
by cross-referencing to the appropriate global entity list. The data associated with

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each entity is also stored in a manner most efficient for solving the equations and
does not need to follow a set structure/order.

A global list of all elements relating to unstructured Parts is maintained. Each

element is given a unique identifying number from one to total number of elements.
Each element also has a user element number associated with it for the purposes of
model manipulation and user identification.

Each element will have a list of variables associated with it the number and type of
variables depending on the type of element (for example a hexahedral element
containing an orthotropic material or a triangular shell with a rigid material).

Each element has three numbering systems for its connecting nodes (see figure)
• A local isoparametric number; used to loop over the nodes of an element in
the correct order and solved the physical equations. Each element with the
same topology has the same numbering system.
• An internal node number; the physical properties of each node are referenced
via the global node lists. A connectivity table is used to cross-reference the
local node number to an entry in the physical node list.
• A user node number; a number assigned by the user to define the element

Example Element and Node Numberin g

For the unstructured solvers in AUTODYN, Parts are simply used to allow easy
grouping and manipulation of various regions of the model. They are not related to
the actual data storage for the elements and nodes, as in IJK-based Parts.

The default definition of a Part currently used for the unstructured solvers is: "A Part
is a list of elements of the same classification (volume, shell, beam) that are
connected together via the connectivity table of the elements"

Note that within each Part, all elements must be of the same class (volume, shell or
beam), but not necessarily the topology. For example a shell Part may contain a
mixture of quadrilateral and triangular elements. Nodes are only related to Parts
through the element connectivity. Nodes can therefore exist in multiple Parts, for
example if the same node is connected to a beam and shell element.

AUTODYN doesn't offer any capability of generating unstructured elements and

Parts manual. Unstructured elements and Parts can be generated in ANSYS
Workbench and transferred to AUTODYN.

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Furthermore unstructured models in MSC.Nastran or LS-Dyna format can also be

imported directly into AUTODYN.

The following 3D Lagrangian unstructured element types are supported:

• Volume elements
o 8 noded hexahedral elements
o 6 noded pentahedral elements (to be used as transition elements)
o 4 noded tetrahedral elements
• Shell elements
o 4 noded quad elements
o 3 noded tria elements (to be used as transition elements)
• Beam elements
o 2 noded beam elements
The following 2D Lagrangian unstructured element types are supported:
• Volume elements
o 4 noded quadrilateral volume elements
o 3 noded triangular volume elements
Note that the 2D Lagrangian unstructured element types have Beta status and
therefore may not be as stable or robust as expected in a general release version.

This panel lets you create structured Parts and modify the structured and
unstructured Parts of your model.

Part Li st

The box at the top of this panel lists the Parts you have currently defined for your
model. You can select a Part in this list.

The size of the structured parts is displayed in terms of maximum I, J and K of the
part (see Part Euler above). Structured SPH parts are displayed in terms of the total
number of SPH nodes, because SPH parts don't use elements.

For unstructured parts the size of part is displayed as the total number of elements
(see Parts PROJECTILE and TARGET above).

New
Press this button to create a new structured part.

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Load
Press this button to load a structured Part from a Part Library.

This option is not available for unstructured Parts because for these types of Parts
the ANSYS Workbench project data storage can be used as a part library.

Copy
Press this button to copy an existing Part to a new Part. This is valid for both
structured as well as unstructured Parts.

Save
Press this button to save structured Parts to a Part Library. This option is not
available for unstructured Parts because for these types of Parts the ANSYS
Workbench project data storage can be used as a part library.

Delete
Press this button to delete a structured/unstructured Part.

The remaining dialog in this panel depends on the Solver used by the selected Part.

Al l Str uc tu red So lv ers ex cep t SPH

SPH Solver

Unstructured Solvers

Zoning
Press this button to zone a structured Part.

Unstructured Parts cannot be generated; an unstructured Part can only be

translated, rotated or scaled.

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Fill
Press this button to fill a part with materials and initial conditions.

Geometry (Zoning )
Press this button to define geometric objects for SPH Parts

Pack (Fill)
Press this button to pack geometric objects with SPH nodes.

Boundary
Press this button to apply boundary conditions to a Part.

Gauges
Press this button to assign gauges to a part.

Motions
Press this button to assign motion constraints to a structured ALE Part.

Solver
Press this button to select solver options for a Part.

IJK Range
Press this button to modify the IJK range for a structured Part

Acti vatio n
Press this button to set activation / deactivation times for a structured Part.

For unstructured Parts activation / deactivation time cannot be set (they are always
activated).

Rename
Press this button to rename a Part.

Print
Press this button to set print ranges for a Part.

This option is not available for unstructured Parts.

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New

Parts - New

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This window lets you create a new structured Part.

Part Name

Enter your name for the Part in this field.

Solver

Select the Solver you want to use for the Part.

Definition

You can select to define your Part manually or using the Part Wizard (the Part
Wizard cannot be used for SPH or Beam Solvers, so these options are not displayed
for these solvers)

Manual

If you choose this option, fields appear for you to specify the maximum I, J and
K range for your Part (left window above).

After pressing you return to the Parts panel where you can define your
Part manually using the Zoning and Fill buttons.

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Part Wizard

If you choose this option, you advance through three more dialog windows that
guide you through the complete definition of your part, using one of a number
of pre-defined geometries (Predefs).

The first dialog window lets you choose the Predef you want to use.

The second dialog window lets you define your zoning.

The third dialog window lets you fill your part.

Press to advance through the dialog windows, then press in

the last window to create your Part.

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Parts - New - Select Predef (2D)

This window lets you select the Predef you want to use for the 2D Part you are
creating.

Press one of the five buttons at the top of this window to select your Predef :

Box

This predef is a box with its axes parallel to the X and Y axes.

Origin

Enter the X and Y coordinates of the lower corner of the box in the fields
provided.

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Box Dimensions

Enter the dimensions of the box (DX, DY) in the fields provided

Circle

This predef is a circle.

Section

Choose the section you want to generate (Whole, Half or Quarter). This should
match any symmetry planes you have defined for your model.

Solid or Hollow

Choose either a solid or hollow cylinder.

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If you choose a hollow cylinder, you will have to specify inner and outer radii for
the cylinder.

Origin

Enter the X and Y coordinates for the center of your circle in the fields
provided.

Outer Radius

Enter the outer radius of your circle.

Rotation

Enter the rotation (in degrees) of your circle relative to the X-axis.

Ogive

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This predef is an ogive with its axes parallel to the X and Y axes.

Section

Choose the section you want to generate (Whole or Half). This should match
any symmetry planes you have defined for your model.

Solid or Hollow

Choose either a solid or hollow ogive.

If you choose a hollow ogive, you will have to specify inner and outer radii for
the ogive.

Origin

Enter the X and Y coordinates for the center of your ogive in the fields
provided.

End Radius

Enter the end radius of your ogive in this field.

Ogive Radius

Enter your ogive radius in this field.

Principal Direction

Select the direction of the principal axis for your ogive from the pull-down menu

Wedge

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This predef is a wedge with its lower edge lying on the X-axis. The wedge
angle is automatically set by AUTODYN.

This predef is useful for running 1D cylindrical or spherical symmetric problems

in 2D.

Minimum radius

Enter the minimum radius of the wedge (this cannot be zero).

Maximum radius

Enter the maximum radius of the wedge.

Rhombus

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This predef is a rhombus with its diagonals parallel to the X and Y axes.

Section

Choose the section you want to generate (Whole, Half or Quarter). This should
match any symmetry planes you have defined for your model.

Origin

Enter the X and Y coordinates for the center of your ogive in the fields
provided.

Width

Enter the width of the rhombus.

Height

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Enter the height of the rhombus.

Quad

Coordinates X1, Y1:

Enter coordinates of the first point of the quad.

Coordinates X2, Y2:

Enter coordinates of the second point of the quad.

Coordinates X3, Y3:

Enter coordinates of the third point of the quad.

Coordinates X4, Y4:

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Enter coordinates of the fourth point of the quad.

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If you choose a hollow cylinder, you will have to specify inner and outer radii for
the cylinder.

Origin

Enter the X, Y and Z coordinates for the center of the starting surface of your
cylinder in the fields provided.

Start Radius / End Radius

You can specify different radii for the starting and end faces of your cylinder.
For a regular cylinder (constant radius), set the starting radius equal to the end
radius.

Length

Enter the length of your cylinder in this field.

Start Surface / End surf ace

The starting and end surfaces of your cylinder can be flat, concave or convex.

If you select a concave or convex surface, you will have to specify its radius of
curvature.

Ogive

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This predef is an ogive with its axis parallel to the Z axis.

Section

Choose the section you want to generate (Whole, Half or Quarter). This should
match any symmetry planes you have defined for your model.

Solid or Hollow

Choose either a solid or hollow ogive.

If you choose a hollow ogive, you will have to specify inner and outer radii for
the ogive.

Origin

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Enter the X, Y and Z coordinates for the center of your ogive in the fields
provided.

End Radius

Enter the end radius of your ogive in this field.

Ogive Radius

Enter your ogive radius in this field.

Sphere

This predef is a sphere.

Section

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Choose the section you want to generate (Whole, Half, Quarter or Eighth). This
should match any symmetry planes you have defined for your model.

Solid or Hollow

Choose either a solid or hollow sphere.

If you choose a hollow sphere, you will have to specify inner and outer radii for
the sphere.

Origin

Enter the X, Y and Z coordinates for the center of the sphere in the fields
provided.

Radius

Enter the radius of the sphere in this field.

Hex

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