Is ANSYS Difficult for Beginners to Learn?

[techguy]

Hey,

Currently working on a project which require the usage of ANSYS and i am wondering if anyone has notes or know of anywhere on net that can assist me in understanding how to use this software?

Thanks

 

[FredGarvin]

There isn't much out there. You can find the odd project tutorial on different college web sites, but they don't usually stay up too long (in my experience). http://mae.uta.edu/~lawrence/ansys/ansys_examples.htm

ANSYS references:
http://www.ansys.com/academic/academic-resources.asp

There's a pretty good beginner's step-by-step by Kent Lawrence that is inexpensive:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1585032549/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Overall ANSYS Theory:
http://www1.ansys.com/customer/content/documentation/80/ansys/theory_toc.html