Ansys 3D Design Verification Manual

When using Ansys Discovery, you can define your simulation in its Explore and/or Refine stages. The Explore stage, and the Refine stage using the LiveGX solver, give you quick insight by displaying results in real-time. Define a simulation, change the model or physics and results are updated immediately. Whereas the Refine stage, using the Ansys Fluent and Ansys Mechanical solvers, enables simulation of more complex physics and design validation. To better understand the level of accuracy achieved when running Physics simulations in these different stages, we have put together a verification and benchmark document that compares Discovery simulation results to known closed-form solutions and traditional ANSYS flagship results across a wide range of models and physics.

You should expect some variability in the precision of results when run on your own hardware. In addition, Ansys Discovery’s video card requirements differ depending on the product stage and solver being used. Please refer to the minimum hardware requirements, to understand this dependency.