{"id":182297,"date":"2023-11-15T12:33:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T12:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"\/knowledge\/?post_type=topic&#038;p=182297"},"modified":"2024-05-15T12:45:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T12:45:55","slug":"discovery-quick-tip-how-to-update-your-geometry-from-a-source-cad-file","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/forums\/topic\/discovery-quick-tip-how-to-update-your-geometry-from-a-source-cad-file\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery Quick Tip- How to update your geometry from a source CAD File"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this quick tip video, we will see how you can use the update from source CAD option in Discovery, where you can use the active native CAD software where you are modifying your geometry and update the simulation in Discovery.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"vidyard_iframe\" title=\"AddingHow to update your geometry from a source CAD File\" src=\"\/\/play.vidyard.com\/BBe7sJHkLeM1PmQuVAnisw.html?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can also do the update CAD from source, using history tracking. Please refer this documentation to understand this further: <a href=\"https:\/\/ansyshelp.ansys.com\/account\/secured?returnurl=\/Views\/Secured\/corp\/v241\/en\/discovery\/UDA\/user_manual\/general\/topics\/c_HistoryTrackingWorkflow.html?q=update%20source%20from%20cad\">Using History Tracking<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-182297","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry","topic-tag-autocad","topic-tag-autodesk-inventor","topic-tag-bidirectional-connectivity","topic-tag-cad","topic-tag-cad-conectivity","topic-tag-cad-configuration","topic-tag-fusion-360","topic-tag-native-cad","topic-tag-ptc-creo","topic-tag-siemens-nx","topic-tag-solid-edge","topic-tag-updating-the-cad-in-solidworks","filter-by-application-discovery","filter-by-application-discovery-explore","filter-by-application-discovery-model","filter-by-application-discovery-refine","filter-by-application-discovery-spaceclaim"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_edit_lock":["1715777294:77057"],"_edit_last":["77057"],"_wp_old_date":["2024-05-15"],"filter_by_optics_product":["Lumerical"],"_filter_by_optics_product":["field_64fb192ba3121"],"application_name":[""],"_application_name":["field_64a80903c8e15"],"family":[""],"_family":["field_64a809229a857"],"siebel_km_number":[""],"_siebel_km_number":["field_63ecbffce60db"],"salesforce_km_number":[""],"_salesforce_km_number":["field_63ecc018e60dc"],"km_published_date":[""],"_km_published_date":["field_64c77704499dd"],"product_version":[""],"_product_version":["field_64c776cb4fd2e"],"_bbp_forum_id":["159549"],"_bbp_topic_id":["182297"],"_bbp_author_ip":["184.24.96.172"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["0"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["182298"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2024-05-15 12:45:40"],"_bbp_reply_count":["0"],"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":["0"],"_bbp_voice_count":["0"],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["90"],"_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":["1"],"_btv_view_count":["8616"],"_bbp_likes_count":["2"]},"test":"watchlearnansys-com"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/182297","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/182297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182299,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/182297\/revisions\/182299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/knowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}