Discovery Spaceclaim to Workbench

- July 2, 2019 at 9:38 am
  
  ajones
  Subscriber
  
  Hi,
  
  I am running Discovery and Workbench 2019R2. After creating a Geometry in Discovery Spaceclaim using a Discovery Essentials License, I export it to workbench. I am then unable to link that model to Mechanical.
  
  Mechanical opens fine (I have a Mechanical Pro License) but the Geometry fails to attach with an error stating that I do not have a SCDM license in the pool.
  
  Is there an issue with the Discovery Plug-in? I have run the CAD configuration for SCDM and Discovery but this made no difference.
- July 2, 2019 at 11:14 am
  
  Naresh Patre
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hello Alex
  
  Can you cross check whether you selected "SCDM or Discovery SpaceClaim" option within SpaceClaim and configured? Also, was the configuration successful?
- July 2, 2019 at 12:12 pm
  
  ajones
  Subscriber
  
  Hi Naresh Patre
  
  I selected SCDM or Discovery Spaceclaim then ran the configuration.
  
  It was successful but does only show the SCDM Workbench plug in.
- July 3, 2019 at 10:58 am
  
  Naresh Patre
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hi Alex
  
  I am checking with the team and will let you know. Meanwhile, you can open a new Workbench session and import the Discovery SpaceClaim geometry and proceed further.
- July 3, 2019 at 1:38 pm
  
  ajones
  Subscriber
  
  Hi Naresh Patre
  
  Thanks for the update
  
  I imported the Discovery Geometry into a new workbench session and the same error occurred when trying the update the Model component.
- July 5, 2019 at 9:11 am
  
  Naresh Patre
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hello Alex
  
  Which Discovery Essential license do you have - subscription or enterprise (floating)?
- July 5, 2019 at 9:26 am
  
  ajones
  Subscriber
  
  Hi Naresh Patre
  
  I have an Enterprise Essentials license
  
  It seems that this problem can be fixed by using SCDM as an external CAD system. Not sure why this works though.
- July 8, 2019 at 6:27 am
  
  Naresh Patre
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hello Alex
  
  Good to know that you are able to import the file using External CAD option. I am investigating this issue and will let you know.
- July 8, 2019 at 11:35 am
  
  Naresh Patre
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hi Alex
  
  Can you disable "Use SpaceClaim Direct Modeler as an External CAD", then repeat the process to reproduce the error and once done, send the client side diagnostics as per steps listed in below article? Send the Diagnostics zip file to ansys-discovery-support@ansys.com.
  
  Discovery Enterprise licensing: Gathering diagnostic information - Knowledge Base - Ansys Discovery Forum
- September 23, 2019 at 1:41 pm
  
  ajones
  Subscriber
  
  Hi Naresh ,
  
  Sorry I have taken so long to get back to you, this problem seems to have been resolved with workbench 2019R2 no longer requiring a SCDM license to transfer imported CAD geometry from Discovery Spaceclaim to Mechanical. Even when SCDM isnt treated as an external CAD
  
  Not sure what changed, but it has done the trick
  
  Thanks for your help