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[Autonewbie]

Hi,

 

I am not sure what happened to my ANSYS 2019R3. I created a new part in Spaceclaim and added to current model. Once I refresh Geometry on Mechanical, all the groupings are disappear and the components also gone. May I know why?

 

If I refresh the Geometry on Mechanical for second time, all the components appear again but no longer under the grouping and all connections are gone... Why?  The parts in red circle are newly created...

 

 

[Aniket]

Do you have your older project? If yes, instead of Adding new model in the SpaceClaim in the same system, create a new Mechanical Model and add your part to that system which later can be combined with older assembly, by using Model Assembly.

https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/Secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v195/wb_sim/ds_mesh_mod_examples.html

In future, if you are going to add or remove parts from SpaceClaim geometry turn the "Compare parts on update" option to Associatively in Geometry cell properties before opening the project for the first time in Mechanical:

https://ansyshelp.ansys.com/account/Secured?returnurl=/Views/Secured/corp/v195/ref_cad/cadComparePartsOnUpdate.html

-Aniket

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[Autonewbie]

Hi Aniket,

Thank you for your suggestion! I do have older project... I am adding parts into older project but I am not sure how to use model assembly. 

[peteroznewman]

Use a Mechanical Model from the Component Systems toolbox to bring in new geometry and mesh it, then use another one to assemble old and new meshes, then put those into a Static Structural Analysis.

[Autonewbie]

I tried to do it but cannot link the mechanical model to the current Modal Analysis... Is there anything missing?

 

[peteroznewman]

Drag and drop another Mechanical Model from the toolbox and put it beside system L.  That will be system N, your Assembly model.

Drag cell B4 onto the Model cell of system N, then drag cell L4 onto the model cell of system N. Now both models will be in the same model.

Finally, you can drag and drop a Transient Structural and Random analyses onto the Model cell of system N.