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Subject: Re: [WB] Workbench/MathCad Interface?
Author: Eric Miller
Date: 2008-04-28 17:00:28

Uffe,

There should be a file called:
Mathcad 14 integration to Ansys Workbench 11.doc

In the zip file. I've pasted the text below in case you can't find it.

To the group in general: Anyone out there using this tool?

Coincidentally PADT has had some customers express interest in the tool
and we have not been able to find a lot of feedback either way on how it
is being used in the field.

Eric


Mathcad 14 integration to Ansys Workbench 11.0


This integration is a non-supported demo of the 2 products working
together. The two products combine for a best of breed solution for
customers. Mathcad runs inside of Ansys Workbench (AWB), providing
natural math notation and optimization of parameters, with
bi-directional communication with AWB's Parameter Manager.

Use Case Scenarios
Mathcad can be used as a scratch pad calculation for Ansys customers in
many ways.
A typical use case is using Mathcad as a quick sanity check. Analysis
results from Ansys
can be sent to Mathcad to be compared with quicker, less computationally
intense algorithms.

Mathcad does not compete with Ansys in FEA, Mathcad does not do any
meshing for example. But given simple volumetric information, Mathcad
can conduct
a myriad of stress/straining calculations, such as those from Roark's
Handbook for Stress & Strain. Again, giving the end user a quick sanity
check of their results.

Mathcad can also be used to check to see if the resulting analysis of
Ansys is within safety constraints put forth by either the users' best
practices or maybe design constraints.

Ad-hoc calculations such as computing the cost of the part all the way
through to optimizing input parameters for rerunning the analysis are
all available to the end user through Mathcad's easy to use whiteboard
interface.

Installation of Mathcad-Ansys demo
The demo starts with the connector rod CAD part. The part is provided as
a ProE and as a SW part. The Ansys Input Geometry String filter is set
to bring in only strings beginning with "DS".

Two files needs to be edited and updated to represent where you have
installed the demo.
MC.CONFIG is a file at the top level of the demo and simply contains the
name of the
Mathcad worksheet you wish to load.

Ie. C:jsheehansolutionsAnsysansys_tierod.xmcd


MATHCAD.REG is a file in the Application Directory. The InstallDIR and
LibPath variables need to be updated.

Here is what mine looks like :

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREANSYS,
Inc.v110APFrameworkAddinsMathcad]
"BaseWinId"=dword:4a310b47
"InstallDir"="C:\jsheehan\solutions\Ansys\phase2\demo download"
"LibPath"="C:\jsheehan\solutions\Ansys\phase2\demo
download\MathcadU.dll"
"Location"="SDKDLL.AppService.110"
"Type"="progid"
"UsesSDK"="1"


After updating this script it needs to be run by double clicking on it.

When the Mathcad Applet is selected from the Project Page of AWB 11, it
looks in the registry for information about the DLL (Install Dir and
LibPath). It then reads the MC.CONFIG file and locates the Mathcad
worksheet you have specified.

The Mathcad worksheet needs to be pre-treated. We edit the properties of
regions we want to show up in the drop down lists for transfer between
the 2 products. Mathcad worksheets can have thousands of regions and we
do not want a drop down list to have thousands of entries. So we add a
TAG to any region we want to use in the integration,
Actually either one of two tags : Ansys2MC or MC2Ansys.

Before running the integration demo, pre-treat your worksheet by right
mouse clicking on any math region you want to be used in the integration
and add one of the TAGs depending on which direction you want the number
to travel.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Eric Miller
Principal
Director, Analysis &
Design Technologies
Phoenix Analysis & Design Technologies
www.padtinc.com
(480) 813-4884 x103
eric.miller_at_padtinc.com

-----Original Message-----
From: xansys-bounces_at_xansys.org [mailto:xansys-bounces_at_xansys.org] On
Behalf Of Uffe Dal Eriksen (UDE)
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 2:42 AM
To: xansys_at_xansys.org
Subject: [Xansys] [XANSYS] [WB] Workbench/MathCad Interface?

Hi there,

I just saw an ad for MathCad, showing a free MathCad/Workbench
interface, which should make it possible to drive simulations and
parameters in Workbench using MathCad. Actually it seems MathCad opens
in a tab inside Workbench, like Simulation, Modeler etc.

It was page 14 in the recent ANSYS Advantage magazine (issue 1, 2008).

Before I start messing with it, I would just like to know if you guys
have any experience with this? The downloadable Zip file does not
contain much in the way of readme documents or install files, as far as
I could tell at a quick glance...

Thanks.

Best regards

Uffe Dal Eriksen
Ramboll Oil & Gas
Esbjerg, Denmark

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