Introduction to ANSA & mETA

ANSA is the leading multidisciplinary pre-processor for FE and CFD applications, with extremely powerful geometry handling and meshing capabilities. This course will give a hands on introduction to ANSA (through exercises with ANSA), focusing on FE applications. Note: The seminar may be extended also for basic CFD meshing when given on your site (contact us for more information).

Prior knowledge: The course is suited for users with no or only a limited experience of the program who wants to get started with using ANSA and learn the basic model generation methods.

Course outline:

• Introduction and application examples
• CAD clean up
• Modifying geometry and creating new geometry
• Middle surface extraction
• Model browser for efficient model organisation
• Surface meshing
• Volume meshing
• Batch meshing
• Mesh quality checking and improvements
• Manipulating and modifying orphan FE-mesh models
• Connections, welds and bolts
• FE input deck set up and model checking
• Basic post-processing with mETA-Post