Block Recording for Meshing

Block recording is available for Meshing workflows.

Note: Block recording cannot be enabled midstream in the meshing process. Hence, if you have a model that already has geometry and mesh, the block recording button will be greyed out.

Block recording can drive persistent and parametric design changes in SpaceClaim and/or be used to create input parameters for Workbench where tools like DesignXplorer can drive the design studies from the Workbench schematic.

  • Block recording has some limitations when using models with shared topology. Even though the block recording may work the first time around, the topology IDs could change when the block recording is replayed. For example, when replaying block recording, the interface between shared bodies can reference either of the 2 face IDs at a shared interface which could lead to problems with persistence if the face ID changes when updating the block recording.

  • Block recording has some limitations when setting up design studies where the topology IDs need to persist from one design point to the next design point. See Transferring a Mesh to Downstream Systems in Ansys Workbench for details about the approach to be used in these cases.

  • Mesh quality metrics are not supported with block recording.

  • When recording the split tool and splitting with a prescribed distance, the distance passed to the block recording is the distance between the start vertex and the split which may be different than what you see in the display window.