Importing ANF Design Data
Ansys Neutral File (ANF) formatted files are typically generated by third party tools or by the “ALinks” program that translates third-party designs. ANF is a public, neutral file format that allows third party tools to exchange design data with Ansys products. ANFv2 and ANFv4 are two different public, neutral file formats. An ANFv4 file may contain schematic data, 2D geometry (layout), 3D geometry, and component data, but none of the data is required. A given ANFv4 file may contain just schematic data with no layout data, or may contain just layout data with no schematic data.
If material properties are not provided in the ANF file, the required material properties are taken from Electronics Desktop material library database. These properties may be different from those in the tool used to generate the ANF file.
When geometry is imported from ANF, ports are automatically added, and a subdirectory for the ANF-based project is configured in the Project directory. When ANF-based projects are saved, the Save As window always opens, regardless of where the ANF file originated. Electronics Desktop can import both ANFv2 and ANFv4 formatted files.