ANSYS AIM – Getting around student license geometry size restriction

- August 31, 2017 at 7:55 pm
  
  Dm614
  Subscriber
  
  I am trying to do some static simulations on a custom model of a drone gimbal.
  
  When I try to import the geometry file, I receive an error stating that the geometry size is too large for the student edition. Therefore, I have been looking for a way to do smart element sizing. However, I cannot find the Preprocessor menu or any kind of documentation to do this for AIM. I do not know how to use the command scripts. Can anyone here help me out?
  
  Also, is this problem common? I am surprised that my model exceeds the restriction, especially because I removed all the electrical components, and the drone gimbal itself is pretty small.
  
  Cheers, and thank you in advance!
- September 8, 2017 at 1:16 am
  
  pgl
  Ansys Employee
  
  The Student products have node, element and geometry limits. The geometry limits are 50 bodies and 300 Faces.
  
  Can you share a screenshot of your geometry?
  
  For the meshing in ANSYS AIM Student, take a look at the product documentation, there's a section on Setting Mesh Sizes to Optimize Performance that provides some very good advice.