The following terms define nomenclature that is unique to Ansys, Inc. or specialized in meaning.

Associative Geometry Interface  —  The general term for all plug-ins and pseudo-readers.

Instances  —  When multiple copies of the same assembly-part are present in the CAD this preference allows time and memory savings by importing only the first instance of the part within the assembly and creating references to the first part for subsequent instances.

Reader  —  Does not require the CAD system.

Plug-in  —  Requires that the CAD system be running.

Pseudo-Reader  —  CAD system is started by Ansys Workbench in batch mode and shuts it down after attach/update is completed.

Additional Glossaries

Application-specific glossaries are available for the following.