ACT Overview

Application Customization Toolkit

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 A new offering at R14.5
ANSYS Customization Suite =
Application Customization Workbench Software
Toolkit (ACT) Development Kit (SDK)
Toolkit for application-level Toolkit for Framework integration

customization
Specific to ANSYS Mechanical at
+ System appears in the Toolbox on
the WB project page
R14.5 Third-party application GUI
ANSYS Mechanical GUI Specialist programmer skills
Specialist programmer skills are required
NOT required

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 Scope: Workbench-Based Applications

ANSYS Mechanical target:

Encapsulate APDL macros: Incorporate previously developed APDL
macros into the Workbench Mechanical GUI
MAPDL exposure: Fills the gap between MAPDL solver capabilities
and their exposure in ANSYS Mechanical
New pre-processing features (custom loads and boundary conditions)
New post-processing features (custom results)

Solver integration:
In-house solver integration (Mechanical GUI)

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 Key Benefits

Filling the gap between general purpose FE code AND your

specific situation:
Tool to add custom features to the Mechanical interface
that are specific to your industry (e.g.: fatigue criteria,
custom CFD load)
Enabling expert users to provide non-experts the power of
commands objects with the assurance of quality (hidden
scripts)
Migrating from APDL (ANSYS command language) to
Workbench could not have been easier
Seamlessly encapsulating company best practices into the
workbench workflow
No need to be a developer : easy-to-use and easy-to-share
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 Use cases
ACT and ANSYS Workbench enable Oticon A/S to achieve our
objective for design engineers to successfully employ simulation. Our
goal is to leverage Workbench and the ACT environment:
- Flexible and open
- Ease of use (easier deployment)
- Captures Oticons business specific (expertise & know how)
Martin Larsen, Simulation specialist, OTICON

ANSYS ACT, a powerful tool, made it possible for us to create this

new working environment in a matter of months rather than the
years that would be required without ACT
Philip Ho, project leader, LSTC

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 General information
Most materials are available from the ANSYS Customer
Portal (under Downloads, Extension Library, ACT
Library):
https://support.ansys.com/AnsysCustomerPortal/en_us/Do
wnloads/Extension+Library/ACT+Library

ACT Module documentation

ACT Introductory Training Materials
ACT Templates (for educational purpose and cover most development
needs)
Already-created ACT-based Extensions and Installation guide
ACT General Presentation

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