ANSYS: Create & Connect Multiple Bodies

[fedor1ht]

Hello,

In DM, how can I create two separate bodies which are connected to each other? Apprently, ANSYS would merge them as one body by default.

I've checked the manual and put one of them into frozen body, they did separate as two. However, I can't transfer the model to Mechanical, I assume frozen bodies can not be transferred and analyzed. What should I do?

Thanks.
Fedor

 

[Mech_Engineer]

ANSYS is perfectly capable of distinguishing multiple bodies from imports in Parasolid (*.x_t) or step (*.stp, *.step). It's also relatively simple to split them by either a sketch or plane, to do this you must first "freeze" the bodies. Once frozen, simply insert a "slice" operation and choose the plane you wish to slice with.