💥 #12steps tutorial Ansys Design Modeler How to create plane, patterns and substract volumes 🧐

 A plane in ANSYS Design Modeler is a flat surface that can be used to create sketches or other geometry features. There are different ways to create a plane in ANSYS Design Modeler, depending on the reference geometry and the orientation of the plane.

Some of the methods to create a plane are:

• From Plane: This method creates a new plane by offsetting or rotating an existing plane. You can specify the distance and angle of the transformation, or use the drag handles to adjust the position and orientation of the new plane.
• From Face: This method creates a new plane that is parallel to an existing face of a solid or surface body. You can specify the offset distance from the face, or use the drag handle to move the new plane.
• From Centroid: This method creates a new plane that passes through the centroid of a selected body, edge, or vertex. You can specify the normal direction of the plane, or use the drag handles to rotate the plane.
• From Circle/Ellipse: This method creates a new plane that is tangent to a selected circle or ellipse. You can specify the offset distance from the circle or ellipse, or use the drag handle to move the new plane.
• From Point and Edge: This method creates a new plane that passes through a selected point and is parallel to a selected edge. You can use the drag handles to rotate or move the new plane.
• From Point and Normal: This method creates a new plane that passes through a selected point and has a specified normal direction. You can enter the normal vector components, or use the drag handles to rotate the plane.
• From Three Points: This method creates a new plane that passes through three selected points. The points can be vertices, sketch points, or points on edges or faces.
• From Coordinates: This method creates a new plane that has a specified origin and normal direction. You can enter the coordinates of the origin and the normal vector components, or use the drag handles to adjust the position and orientation of the new plane.

To create a plane using any of these methods, you need to follow these steps:

1. Open ANSYS Design Modeler and create or import your geometry.
2. In the Tree Outline, right-click on XYPlane, YZPlane, or ZXPlane and select Insert > Plane.
3. In the Details View, select the method you want to use from the Type drop-down list.
4. Select the reference geometry (plane, face, edge, vertex, point, circle, ellipse) as required by the method.
5. Specify the parameters (distance, angle, normal vector) as required by the method, or use the drag handles to adjust the position and orientation of the new plane.
6. Click Generate to create the new plane.

You can also watch some video tutorials on how to create planes in ANSYS Design Modeler:

• A tutorial on how to create planes and sketches
• A video on how to create section planes
• A video on how to view results on section planes

I hope this helps you understand how to create planes in ANSYS Design Modeler. 😊