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[marikaza6]

Hello, I want to ask if it is possible to export my solution's geometry from ansys aim to workbench or a cad program. My  project is polymer extrusion through a nozzle and I need to know the diameter of the material that is coming out from nozzle.

[peteroznewman]

I documented an approach to export Static Structural deformed shapes into a CAD system in this discussion.

Please reply if this works for your polymer extrusion.  If you want to share your model, I can try to export the shape also.

[marikaza6]

This is my whole study. And here is a photo of what I want to export.

[peteroznewman]

Nice photo. You marked your post as "Is Solution" and this topic is shown as Solved. Does that mean you were successful exporting your deformed geometry to Mechanical or a CAD system?

[marikaza6]

No, I didn't find out how to export the deformed geometry yet to a CAD system. I tried doing your 15 steps method but my screen in project tab seems to be different (shown in screenshot below). Any ideas?

[peteroznewman]

Please use File, Archive and create a .wbpz file then use the Attach button to upload it to a post, then I can open it in my copy of AIM 19.0 and give it a try.

[marikaza6]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/y9x33xm54y8d5e1/test.wbpz?dl=0 

This is the link to my wbpz file. 

[peteroznewman]

Hi Marika,

I downloaded the archive. You should also be able to attach it to your post. Unfortuantely, when I restore the archive in AIM 19.0 I get an error message.

This is probably an ANSYS AIM bug that will be fixed in 19.1

Do you have a program to create file archives like Winzip or 7-zip?  If so, please zip the entire folder containing the project and put that in your dropbox. That should open for me without an issue.

 

[marikaza6]

My file is .rar here is the link.Thanks for your help. https://www.dropbox.com/s/fbqzp8z4e06t8p0/test.rar?dl=0

[peteroznewman]

HI Marika, I unzipped your rar file, but I got errors trying to open test.wbpj with AIM 19.0.

Does your AIM open this file?

Did you create the rar file after you exited AIM?

I will just have to create my own model. What do I need to do?