Model

Specifies model-level objects, including geometry, materials, coordinate systems, connections, and mesh. The application uses these objects across all analysis types included in your project.

Additional Related Information

Object Properties

The Details Pane for this object include the following properties.

Category

Properties/Options/Descriptions

Model Assembly

Alignment

Lighting

Ambient: Represents a non-spatial, omni-directional, and fixed-intensity lighting that affects all objects in the scene equally. This factor varies between 0 and 1.

Diffuse: Simulates the directional impact lighting has on the model. The more a part of the model faces the light source, the brighter it becomes. This factor varies between 0 and 1.

Specular: Dictates the bright spots of light that appear on shiny objects when illuminated. This factor varies between 0 and 1.

Color: Specifies the color of the light projected onto the model. The default lighting color is white.

Note:

If you change the setting of the Color property from white, the display of load variation contours and result contours will not correspond to the color contours of the legend. You can make sure contours display properly, when a color change is desired, using the Force White Lighting for Results preference under the Graphics category in the Options dialog.

The application saves Lighting property settings with your analysis. Lighting changes propagate throughout the features of the application and are used when you export images.

You can change the default setting for all Lighting properties under the Graphics preference of the Options dialog.

Advanced

Window Title: Entry field that enables you to manually change what is displayed in the title bar of the application. By default, the title bar shows the:

Cell letter designation (A, B, etc.) of the analysis system contained on the Project Schematic in Workbench. This can include multiple linked analyses.
Single System:
Multiple Systems:
Analysis type for single systems (Static Structural, etc.).
Name of the application, "Mechanical."
License currently in use contained in brackets ([Ansys Mechanical Enterprise])

Note: You can turn off the display of the application name and the license using the options of the Main Window Title Theme preferences in the Options dialog under UI Options.

Filter Control: Read-only property specified as Enabled.

Tree Dependencies

Valid Parent Tree Object: Project.
Valid Child Tree Objects: Chart, Comment, Figure, Image, Geometry, Materials, Cross Sections, Construction Geometry, Virtual Topology, Symmetry, Remote Point, Connections, Fracture, Substructure Analysis, Mesh Edit, Mesh Numbering, Solution Combination, Fatigue Combination, Named Selection, AM Process, and Part Transform.

Insertion Methods

This object is automatically included in all analyses.

Right-click Options

In addition to common right-click options, relevant right-click options for this object include:

Insert >
- Named Selection
- Part Transform
- Construction Geometry > [Construction Geometry Type]
- Cross Sections > [Cross Section Types]
- Virtual Topology
- Symmetry
- Remote Point
- Fracture
- Mesh Edit
- Mesh Numbering
- AM Process
- Measures
- Boundary Conditions
- Solution Combination
- Fatigue Combination
Solve
Show All Bodies
Invert Visibility
Clear Generated Data
Refresh Materials
Update Geometry from Source
Disable Filter/Auto Filter

API Reference

See the Model section of the ACT API Reference Guide for specific scripting information.

Additional Related Information

See the following section for more information:

Model Context Tab
Attaching Geometry