Intro to History Tracking — Lesson 4

Operations performed in Discovery can be recorded using the History Tracking feature which offers a history-based modeling approach. Each step in History Tracking represents a script block consisting of parameters, variables, and script commands that can be modified to meet the required workflow. Custom blocks can also be added to incorporate additional script commands in the History Tracking workflow. 

This lesson introduces the History Tracking feature in Discovery and its various options. It also includes a workshop to get hands-on experience with this feature.  

The following topics are covered in this lesson: 

• What is History Tracking? 
• How do you use History Tracking? 
• What are the options in History Tracking? 
• What are custom blocks? 

Geometry Files

Download the accompanying geometry and script files from the lecture and workshop here. Ansys Student can be downloaded for free here.