Interactive Tours

The Discovery user experience is a feature-driven intuitive interface that delivers relevant cues and guidance during the simulation workflow to avoid or resolve difficulties. Feature-focused, interactive tours invite you to explore the various stages and different physics types using relevant sample projects.

You can access Discovery's interactive tours anytime by navigating to File Menu > Home Page > Interactive Tours.

Note: Interactive tours may exhibit performance and functional limitations depending on your licensing.


	Discovery's User Interface tour is customized to your license and showcases universal elements, user settings, tools and shortcuts, as well as offering tips and best practices. Various selection methods are explored, such as physics setup, simulation and results monitoring and display.

Model Stage Tours


Concept	Functionality	Part Design	Model Preparation	Beams and Shells
Stage		*Model*	*Model*	*Model*
Modeling	Change geometry
	Fix geometry		✓
	Extract interior volume		✓
	Sketch	✓
	Add constraints	✓
	Add dimensions	✓
	Smooth faceted body
	Extract beams and shells			✓
	Extend surfaces to nearby parts			✓
	Assign beam profiles			✓
Selecting	Create named selections
	Edit objects in the tree
	Select multiple objects	✓		✓
	Find similar objects (Power Select)	✓
	Pull multiple objects	✓
Transfer	To Ansys Workbench		✓
Transfer	To HFSS

Explore and Refine Stage Tours


Concept	Functionality	Antenna Design	Static Structural	Fluid Flow	Solid Thermal	Topology Optimizing	Contact Review	Fluid-Solid Heat Transfer
Physics type				steady-state			natural frequency
Stage		*Refine*	*Explore*	*Explore, Refine*	*Explore*	*Explore*	*Explore*	*Explore, Refine*
Modeling	Change geometry		✓		✓	✓
	Fix geometry
	Extract interior volume			✓
	Sketch
	Add constraints
	Add dimensions
	Smooth faceted body					✓
	Extract beams and shells
	Extend surfaces to nearby parts
	Assign beam profiles
Selecting	Create named selections				✓
	Edit objects in the tree			✓		✓	✓
	Select multiple objects	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓
	Find similar objects (Power Select)				✓
	Pull multiple objects
Physics	Assign/change materials	✓		✓	✓
	Create multiple simulations				✓	✓
	Perform higher fidelity solution	✓		✓				✓
	Work with contact pairs						✓
	Set flow direction
Physics conditions	Define/modify flow conditions			✓				✓
	Define/modify structural constraints		✓		✓	✓	✓
	Define thermal conditions			✓	✓			✓
	Define electromagnetics conditions	✓
Optimizing	Optimize topology					✓
	Optimize with solution fidelity						✓
	Setup monitors				✓		✓	✓
	Setup charts	✓
	Define variations				✓
Results	Include deformation		✓			✓
	Display contours		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Display streamlines			✓
	Display far-field results	✓
	Display near-field results	✓
	Display mesh	✓
	Include cut plane	✓		✓
	Monitor results	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓
Transfer	To Ansys Workbench
Transfer	To HFSS	✓