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Introduction to
Ansys LS-PrePost

Course Overview

LS-PrePost is an advanced pre and post-processor that is delivered free with LS-DYNA. The user interface is designed to be both efficient and intuitive. LS-PrePost runs on Windows, Linux, and Unix utilizing OpenGL graphics to achieve fast rendering and XY plotting. 

This class will teach you how to pre­pare key­word in­put files for LS-DY­NA and to post-process the re­sults us­ing LS-Pre­Post.

Prerequisites

  • Fa­mil­iar­i­ty with gen­er­al fi­nite el­e­ment ter­mi­nol­o­gy is help­ful
  • An in­tro­duc­to­ry class in LS-DY­NA is rec­om­mend­ed but not nec­es­sary
  • A technical education and background is recommended but an engineering degree is not required

Teaching Method

The class is divided 50/50 between lecture and hands‐on workshops.

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Learning Outcome

Following completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Use preprocessor to model problems, meshing them, and prepare LS-DYNA input deck
  • Use postprocessor to analysis the results which output by LS-DYNA
  • Understand further the different options in the pre and post processor

Available Dates

Currently, no training dates available

Learning Options

Training materials for this course are available with a Ansys Learning Hub Subscription. If there is no active public schedule available, private training can be arranged. Please contact us.

Agenda

This is a 1-day classroom course covering both lectures and workshops. For virtual training, this course is covered over 2 x 2-hour sessions lectures only.

Virtual Classroom Session 1

  • Overview
  • General Operations
  • Mesh Generation
  • Pre-Processing
  • Workshop 1, 2, 3 & 4

Virtual Classroom Session 2

  • Pre-Processing (continue)
  • Post-Processing
  • Workshop 5 & 6
  • Configuration
Topics Covered
  • Overview
  • GUI (graphical user interface) Tour
  • Menus & Toolbars
  • General Operations
  • Part Selection
  • Model Selection & Compare
  • Groups & Views
  • Part Colors
  • Annotations
  • FE General Selection Interface
  • Identifying & Blanking (masking)
  • Workshop 1
  • Mesh Generation
  • Shape Mesher
  • Auto Mesher
  • N-Line Mesher
  • Solid Mesher
  • Tet Mesher
  • Spotweld Generation
  • Workshop 2
  • Pre-Processing
  • Element & Node Editing
  • Normals
  • Detach & Merge (duplicate nodes)
  • Element Generation (beams, shells, & solids)
  • Workshop 3
  • Model Checking
  • Entity (keyword) Display
  • Move/Copy
  • Offsetting, Translation, Rotation, Reflection, Projection, Scaling, Transformation
  • Part Trimming
  • Workshop 4
  • Part & Set Data Management
  • Entity (keyword) Management (SPCs, Velocities, Rigidwalls, Cross Sections, History Databases, Boxes, Vectors, Coordinate Systems, Accelerometers, Masses, Spotwelds, Rigid Constraints)
  • Combining Keyword Files
  • Manual Keyword Editing
  • Saving Keyword Files
  • Workshop 5
  • Post-Processing
  • Animation Interface
  • Fringe (contour) Plotting
  • Time History Plotting
  • Plot Window Operations
  • ASCII & BINOUT Data Plotting
  • Node Tracing
  • Vector Plotting
  • Measurements
  • Section Cutting
  • Workshop 6
  • Configuration
  • Configuration files

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