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Ansys Discovery Live Ultimate 2019R3 Win64-SSQ
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The Ansys product team is pleased to announce the availability of Ansys Discovery Live 2019 R3 is the ground-breaking new product for early stage design simulation or product development, which enables engineering simulation to be used by a wider range of engineers to resolve design questions earlier in the design process.
ANSYS Discovery Live 2019 R3 Enhancements
ANSYS Discovery Live provides instantaneous simulation, tightly coupled with direct geometry modeling, to enable interactive design exploration and rapid product innovation. It is an interactive experience in which you can manipulate geometry, materials and physics, and instantaneously see 3-D results. New capabilities in ANSYS Discovery Live 2019 R3 include:
Application - Improvements to the user interface have madet he application easier to use. Legend usage has been enhanced. Time varying boundary conditions have been added. You can also copy and paste boundary conditions by selecting the boundary condition arrow and pressing CTRL+C to copy. Then, selecta face andpress CTRL+V to paste. A selected body can now be saved between solutions.
Results/post-processing - Improvements to the user interface. Pressure drop has been added to calculate the difference between the two locations. You can now specify internal surface for calculation location. Vector tool has been added for transient.
Fluids - Support for mass flow out of domain in fluids has been added.
Topology Optimization (Beta) - This new feature is high speed, interactive, and it generates the optimal shape from loading conditions and design constraints. Options to validate the solution and convert to CAD have been added. Option to use target volume has been added. You can also now save the topology optimization settings.
Note: For details on all new features and enhancements, refer to the Discovery AIM 2019 R3 Update.pdf, Discovery Live 2019 R3 Update.pdf, Discovery SpaceClaim 2019 R3 Update.pdf availables from the folder Docs in this release.
ANSYS Discovery Live is a GPU-based real-time simulation package that combines CAD modeling simulation environments into one super-responsive arena, where users can view how changes to their designs will affect simulations-in real time. No more meshing. And gone are the days of post-processing. Post-processing is now just . processing! Note, that as Ansys Discovery Live is GPU-based, you will require a GPU to run it. Ansys recommends a dedicated NVIDIA GPU card based on the Kepler, Maxwell or Pascal architecture (or newer) with at least 4GB of video RAM (8GB preferred). (Tested it on a NVIDIA GTX 980, and had no noticeable issues. )
ANSYS Discovery Live comes with Discovery AIM and Discovery SpaceClaim, too, in case you want to set up a more in-depth simulation or perform some 3D modeling.
In terms of usability and function, it ANSYS Discovery Live succeeds at the task of making simulation accessible to designers (and not just engineers). It does seem a little limited in terms of the type of calculations available, but if you really want to run more in-depth physics studies, you can always send the file directly to ANSYS Discovery AIM. This is a useful design tool, but it is not a design validation tool.
But that's the entire point of ANSYS Discovery Live. ANSYS wants simulation to become a part of early-phase conceptual design. Sure, you wouldn't use Discovery Live for a critical bridge design, where the physics need to be verified, but you can get a good idea of how an unusual design (such as winglets on a garbage truck) may affect the efficiency of the product. It gives you the freedom to explore out-there ideas in the early stages, without the need for meshing or post-processing. That's a good thing.
More importantly, it's actually kind of fun to use. It's almost like a video game, where the player has to reach some particular value by changing model geometry.
This video provides a detailed overview of the features of ANSYS Discovery Live for fluid flow simulations.
Founded in 1970, ANSYS employs nearly 3,000 professionals, many of whom are expert M.S. and Ph.D.-level engineers in finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, electronics, semiconductors, embedded software and design optimization. Our exceptional staff is passionate about pushing the limits of world-class simulation technology so our customers can turn their design concepts into successful, innovative products faster and at lower cost. As a measure of our success in attaining these goals, ANSYS has been recognized as one of the world's most innovative companies by prestigious publications such as Bloomberg Businessweek and FORTUNE magazines.
Product: ANSYS Discovery Live
Version: Ultimate 2019 R3 (version 19.5)
Supported Architectures: x64
Language: Multilanguage
System Requirements: PC *
Supported Operating Systems: *
Size: 5.3 GiB
System Requirements:
Minimum requirements for ANSYS Discovery software are as follows:
- 64-bit Intel or AMD system, running Windows 7, 8 or 10.
- 4 GB RAM (8 GB minimum for Discovery AIM)
- 3 button mouse
- A dedicated graphics card with latest drivers and at least 1GB video RAM, capable of supporting OpenGL 4.5 and DirectX 9c, or higher.
- Use of integrated graphics (e.g. Intel HD/IRIS) is not recommended. See below for special graphics requirements for ANSYS Discovery Live.
ANSYS Discovery Live Graphics Requirements
ANSYS Discovery Live relies on the latest GPU CUDA technology (9.1 or later) to provide its computation and visual experience. To run the software, you will require:
A dedicated NVIDIA GPU card (Quadro recommended) based on the Kepler, Maxwell or Pascal architecture with CUDA 9.1 (or later) drivers.
Maxwell 2000 or better strongly recommended. Most dedicated NVIDIA GPU cards produced in 2013 or later will be based on one of these architectures. At least 4GB of video RAM (8GB preferred) on the GPU.