In Discovery you have the capability to transfer the data such as your geometry, mesh and simulation setup to another Ansys application. For example, if you are a designer using Discovery, you may want to export your simulation and send it to an analyst for further analysis in Mechanical. You can do that using the transfer feature.<\/p>\n
To transfer Discovery data to another Ansys application:<\/p>\n
From the Transfer menu in the ribbon of the Simulation tab, choose a product from the list. Depending on the physics being simulated in the Discovery file, the applicable product will be launched.<\/p>\n
If both structural or structural-thermal boundary conditions exist, Mechanical will be launched with .dscodat files. This file is saved in the Discovery Projects folder (for example MechanicalExportFile.dscodat) or in Project directory (for example c:\\users\\username\\Ansys Inc\\Documents\\Discovery Projects).<\/p>\n
Note: You can also transfer your data without launching Mechanical. Select Save As from the File menu and specify a file type. Select Discovery Export Files to save as .dscodat file.<\/p>\n
This video goes over the process to transfer the file to Mechanical, and all the considerations needed to do that.<\/p>\n