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CATIA V5 Associative Geometry Inter ace !ith CA"N#$%S CA&RI CA# Gate!ay or CATIA V5

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CATIA V5 Associative Geometry Inter ace ' (asics The CATIA V5 Associative Geometry Inter ace )AGI* is an ANSYS Workbench bi'+irectiona, associative rea+er enab,e+ by the CA"Ne-.s CA&RI CA# Gate!ay or CATIA V5. CA"Ne-.s CA&RI CA# Gate!ay re/.ires a CATIA V5 insta,,ation an+ ,icense. The CATIA V5 AGI 0rovi+es bi'+irectiona, comm.nication bet!een ANSYS Workbench )W(* an+ CATIA V5. The CATIA V5 AGI retrieves 1eometry an+ associate+ +esi1n 0arameters rom CATIA V5 )bo+ies2 s.r aces an+ !ires*. CATIA V5 AGI can retrieve attrib.tes )co,ors2 ,ayers2 etc* rom CATIA V5. The CATIA V5 AGI !orks !ith CATIA V5 0arts ).CAT&art* or assemb,ies ).CAT&ro+.ct*. To im0ort CATIA V5 0art or assemb,y into W(2 se,ect a CATIA V5 i,e ).CAT&art or .CAT&ro+.ct* rom the W( &ro3ect 0a1e

Note that there is no ANSYS menu in the CATIA V5 product.

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CATIA V5 Associative Geometry Inter ace ' (i'+irectiona, behavior 4nce a CATIA V5 0art or assemb,y has been im0orte+ in W(2 the 0arameters are sho!n .n+er the 5Geometry6 item +etai,s. Yo. can mo+i y the 0arameter va,.es an+ 0er orm an .0+ate. %0on .0+ate W( sen+s 0arameter va,.es to CATIA V52 CATIA V5 .0+ates the 1eometry accor+in1,y an+ the mo+i ie+ 1eometry is sent back to W(. When an .0+ate is re/.ire+ the CA"Ne-.s CA&RI CA# Gate!ay !i,, start a CATIA V5 session2 mo+i y the 1eometry an+ re,ease the CATIA V5 session )CATIA V5 ,icense is re,ease+ once the mo+e, has been .0+ate+*.

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CATIA V5 Associative Geometry Inter ace ' %0+atin1 the mo+e,

The CA"N#$%S CA&RI CA# Gate!ay or CATIA V5 +oes not save the mo+i ie+ CATIA V5 +ata to the ori1ina, CATIA V5 i,e by +e a.,t.

To .0+ate the ori1ina, CATIA V5 i,e2 enab,e 5Rea+er 7o+e Saves %0+ate+ 8i,e6 in the ANSYS Workbench Geometry ce,, &ro0erties.

This 0roce+.re ens.res the ori1ina, CATIA V5 i,e is not ina+vertent,y mo+i ie+2 b.t is on,y mo+i ie+ i yo. enab,e this o0tion.

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CATIA V5 Associative Geometry Inter ace ' Genera, 7echanism

Catia V5

2. CAPRI sends values to CATIA V5 and asks for update

3. CATIA V5 updates the model and sends geometry back

Initial model

CADNexus CAPRI CAE Gateway for CATIA V5

1. You modify parameter values and ask for update 4. Model is updated in Workbench

ANSYS Workbench
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An e-am0,e

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Catia V5 initia, 1eometry

Geometry contains +esi1n 0arameters )+imensions on sketches2 e-tr.sion 0arameters9*

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&arameter ,a1s

Parameters can be flagged with a prefix or suffix (here DS) (Formulas are available in the Tools menu item)

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ANSYS Workbench &ro3ect &a1e

Link the Geometry to a CATIA V5 file

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&arameter Contro,

CATIA V5 mo+e, im0orte+2 ho!ever no 0arameters im0orte+ beca.se the &arameters o0tion !as not se,ecte+.

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&arameter mo+i ication

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&arameter im0ort
To import the CATIA V5 parameters, you must select the Parameters checkbox and enter the Parameter Key (suffix/prefix) that corresponds to the key defined in CATIA V5

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&arameter Contro,

Im0orte+ CATIA V5 0arameters a00ear in the 5"etai,s o Geometry.6 Se,ect the 0arameters yo. !ant to mo+i y.

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&arameter Contro,

A &arameter Set is create+ in the Workbench &ro3ect 0a1e !hich can be o0ene+ .0 to a,,o! mo+i yin1 o the CATIA V5 0arameter va,.es

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&arameter Contro,
7o+i y 0arameter va,.es2 then se,ect %0+ate &ro3ect to .0+ate the 0arameter thro.1h CA&RI an+ back into Workbench

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&arameter Contro,
Length_DS = 70 Radius1_DS = 22.5

Length_DS = 200 Radius1_DS = 8.75

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"ata 0ersistence

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"ata 0ersistence

If the topology of the parts is maintained during parametric modifications, all data remain from one configuration to the other (mesh controls, named selections, loads, scoping of results). NO NEED TO RECREATE THE MODEL SETUP!
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"ata 0ersistence

If the topology of the parts is maintained during parametric modifications, all data remain from one configuration to the other (mesh controls, named selections, loads, scoping of results). NO NEED TO RECREATE THE MODEL SETUP!
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S.mmary

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(i'+irectiona, ,inks
CATIA V5 Associative Geometry Inter ace retrieves CATIA V5 1eometric entities an+ associate+ +esi1n 0arameters thro.1h the CA"Ne-.s CA&RI CA# Gate!ay.

CATIA V5 0arameters can be .0+ate+ !ithin the Workbench environment.

"ata 0ersistency occ.rs !hen to0o,o1y is consistent rom one con i1.ration to the other.

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Version S.00ort

ANSYS 14.5 Workbench CATIA V5 Associative Geometry Inter ace

CA"Ne-.s CA&RI CA# Gate!ay V:.15.4

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