AnsoftLinks™ for MCAD facilitates the transfer of 3D geometry from Mechanical CAD (MCAD) packages into Ansoft electromagnetic field simulation products using common file formats, such as IGES, STEP, ACIS, Parasolid and ANSYS Mechanical, Pro/ENGINEER, AutoCAD, CATIA, and Siemens PLM NX.

With AnsoftLinks, 3D CAD geometry can be imported to the Ansoft's electromagnetic field simulation software programs HFSS, Q3D Extractor and Maxwell for analysis. Engineers can easily perform an analysis of the high- and low- frequency electromagnetic fields and perform parasitic extraction. Devices such as antennas, connectors, motors, generators and bus bars can be automatically converted into ready-to-simulate Ansoft models, allowing engineers to use existing design geometries in their analyses. By reducing the time required to re-create a CAD model in the analysis tool, engineers save a tremendous amount of time and are able to meet aggressive development costs and delivery schedules.

New in AnsoftLinks v4.2

• ANSYS Mechanical Model Export
• Solid model generation is fast and requires less memory
• Ability to discretize arcs in planes and traces
  • create chords and break the arcs into smaller fragments

Featured Capabilities

• Provides seamless interoperability between Ansoft and the following third-party products and format.
  • Geometry Formats
    • ANSYS® Mechanical
    • AutoCAD® (dxf and dwg)
    • CATIA V4/V5
    • Siemens PLM NX
    • Parasolid
    • Pro/ENGINEER
    • STEP
    • IGES
    • ACIS
• Generates ready-to-solve projects for HFSS™ , Q3D Extractor®, Maxwell®
• HFSS Q3D Extractor and Maxwell are equipped with high-performance mesh features to assure geometry is free of problems:
  
  • Fault-tolerant meshing algorithms
  • Mesh-generation feedback
    • GUI performs validation and integrity checks
    • Software identifies artifacts within the imported geometry
  • Mesh-based model resolution