{"id":158830,"date":"2022-06-06T10:54:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T10:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T10:54:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T10:54:23","slug":"ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\/","title":{"rendered":"ANSYS DesignModeler: Shared Toplogy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This ANSYS How To video will demonstrate how to share topology in ANSYS DesignModeler. Shared topology can be used to connect parts geometrically, rather than by contact or in a mesh. ANSYS DesignModeler software is the gateway to geometry handling for analysis with software from ANSYS. ANSYS DesignModeler has connections to all major CAD systems, allowing seamless transfer of existing data including parameters. The parameters can then be adjusted and the design updated, and any feature removal or simplification is maintained. This results in rapid turnaround of any design changes and updates. For more information, please visit ansys.com.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ANSYS DesignModeler: Shared Toplogy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4JhDn0V26l0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-158830","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-ansys","topic-tag-ansys-how-to","topic-tag-ansys-designmodeler","topic-tag-designmodeler","topic-tag-share-topology","topic-tag-topology-sharing"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This ANSYS How To video will demonstrate how to share topology in ANSYS DesignModeler. Shared topology can be used to connect parts geometrically, rather than by contact or in a mesh. ANSYS DesignModeler software is the gateway to geometry handling for analysis with software from ANSYS. ANSYS DesignModeler has connections to all major CAD systems,\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ansys Knowledge | Ansys Innovation Space\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ANSYS DesignModeler: Shared Toplogy | Ansys Knowledge\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This ANSYS How To video will demonstrate how to share topology in ANSYS DesignModeler. Shared topology can be used to connect parts geometrically, rather than by contact or in a mesh. ANSYS DesignModeler software is the gateway to geometry handling for analysis with software from ANSYS. ANSYS DesignModeler has connections to all major CAD systems,\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-06T10:54:21+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-06-06T10:54:23+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"ANSYS DesignModeler: Shared Toplogy | Ansys Knowledge\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"This ANSYS How To video will demonstrate how to share topology in ANSYS DesignModeler. Shared topology can be used to connect parts geometrically, rather than by contact or in a mesh. ANSYS DesignModeler software is the gateway to geometry handling for analysis with software from ANSYS. ANSYS DesignModeler has connections to all major CAD systems,\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Topics\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/designmodeler\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"designmodeler\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/designmodeler\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"designmodeler\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/designmodeler\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"ANSYS DesignModeler: Shared Toplogy\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/topics\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Topics\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"ANSYS DesignModeler: Shared Toplogy\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic-tag\\\/designmodeler\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"designmodeler\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\\\/\",\"name\":\"ANSYS DesignModeler: Shared Toplogy | Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"This ANSYS How To video will demonstrate how to share topology in ANSYS DesignModeler. Shared topology can be used to connect parts geometrically, rather than by contact or in a mesh. ANSYS DesignModeler software is the gateway to geometry handling for analysis with software from ANSYS. ANSYS DesignModeler has connections to all major CAD systems,\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/forums\\\/topic\\\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-06T10:54:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-06-06T10:54:23+00:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ansys Knowledge\",\"description\":\"Ansys Innovation Space\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/innovationspace.ansys.com\\\/knowledge\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"ANSYS DesignModeler: Shared Toplogy | Ansys Knowledge","description":"This ANSYS How To video will demonstrate how to share topology in ANSYS DesignModeler. Shared topology can be used to connect parts geometrically, rather than by contact or in a mesh. ANSYS DesignModeler software is the gateway to geometry handling for analysis with software from ANSYS. ANSYS DesignModeler has connections to all major CAD systems,","canonical_url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Topics","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/designmodeler\/#listItem","name":"designmodeler"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/designmodeler\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"designmodeler","item":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/designmodeler\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\/#listItem","name":"ANSYS DesignModeler: Shared Toplogy"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/#listItem","name":"Topics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\/#listItem","position":4,"name":"ANSYS DesignModeler: Shared Toplogy","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/designmodeler\/#listItem","name":"designmodeler"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#organization","name":"Ansys Knowledge","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\/","name":"ANSYS DesignModeler: Shared Toplogy | Ansys Knowledge","description":"This ANSYS How To video will demonstrate how to share topology in ANSYS DesignModeler. Shared topology can be used to connect parts geometrically, rather than by contact or in a mesh. ANSYS DesignModeler software is the gateway to geometry handling for analysis with software from ANSYS. ANSYS DesignModeler has connections to all major CAD systems,","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\/#breadcrumblist"},"datePublished":"2022-06-06T10:54:21+00:00","dateModified":"2022-06-06T10:54:23+00:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#website","url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/","name":"Ansys Knowledge","description":"Ansys Innovation Space","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Ansys Knowledge | Ansys Innovation Space","og:type":"article","og:title":"ANSYS DesignModeler: Shared Toplogy | Ansys Knowledge","og:description":"This ANSYS How To video will demonstrate how to share topology in ANSYS DesignModeler. Shared topology can be used to connect parts geometrically, rather than by contact or in a mesh. ANSYS DesignModeler software is the gateway to geometry handling for analysis with software from ANSYS. ANSYS DesignModeler has connections to all major CAD systems,","og:url":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\/","article:published_time":"2022-06-06T10:54:21+00:00","article:modified_time":"2022-06-06T10:54:23+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"ANSYS DesignModeler: Shared Toplogy | Ansys Knowledge","twitter:description":"This ANSYS How To video will demonstrate how to share topology in ANSYS DesignModeler. Shared topology can be used to connect parts geometrically, rather than by contact or in a mesh. ANSYS DesignModeler software is the gateway to geometry handling for analysis with software from ANSYS. ANSYS DesignModeler has connections to all major CAD systems,"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"158830","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"created":"2025-10-17 18:17:58","updated":"2026-07-30 09:15:15","ai":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/\" title=\"Topics\">Topics<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/designmodeler\/\" title=\"designmodeler\">designmodeler<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tANSYS DesignModeler: Shared Toplogy\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge"},{"label":"Topics","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/topics\/"},{"label":"designmodeler","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic-tag\/designmodeler\/"},{"label":"ANSYS DesignModeler: Shared Toplogy","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/ansys-designmodeler-shared-toplogy\/"}],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_last_active_time":["06-03-2022 20:20"],"_bbp_forum_id":["153048"],"_wp_page_template":["default"],"_bbp_likes_count":["2"],"_btv_view_count":["13581"],"_oembed_f27ff68f600e350405926615075eabff":["<iframe title=\"ANSYS DesignModeler: Shared Toplogy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4JhDn0V26l0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"],"_oembed_time_f27ff68f600e350405926615075eabff":["1654636848"],"_oembed_4fc1cbb476d5082e2c70845c72ae1473":["<iframe title=\"ANSYS DesignModeler: Shared Toplogy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4JhDn0V26l0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>"],"_oembed_time_4fc1cbb476d5082e2c70845c72ae1473":["1712132313"]},"test":"watchlearnansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/158830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/158830\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}