The menu bar gives you access to the following menus.
File Menu
| Menu Item | Description |
|---|---|
| New | Creates a new project. |
| Open | Opens an existing project. |
| Save | Saves the current project. |
| Save As | Saves the current project under a different name and/or location. |
| Import | Imports a legacy database. |
| Archive | Generates an archive file that contains all project files. |
| Ansys Minerva | Provides options for connecting to and working with Ansys Minerva repositories. |
| Scripting | Opens a sub-menu containing journalling and scripting options. |
| Export Report | Writes out a report of the current project in .html/.htm format. |
| Recently Viewed Files | Displays the four most recently opened projects. |
| Exit | Closes Workbench. You are prompted to save any unsaved data. |
View Menu
| Menu Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Refresh | Updates the pane. |
| Reset Workspace | Restores the current workspace layout to its default settings. |
| Reset Window Layout | Restores the original window layout. |
| List of panes | Displays the list of Workbench panes. You can select which panes you want to display. Any changes you make to panes are carried forward to subsequent Workbench sessions. For a detailed description of the individual panes listed here, see Panes within Tabs. |
| Show Connections Bundled | Displays multiple links connecting systems as a single link where possible. A bundled connection includes a label indicating the shared cells (for example, 2-4 indicates that cells 2, 3, and 4 are shared between systems). |
| Show System Coordinates | Shows the alphanumeric column and row headings for each system. This option is selected by default. |
Tools Menu
| Menu Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Reconnect | Reconnects to updates that were pending when the project was
closed. This option is available only if the project has cells in
the Pending state.
Upon opening a project, Workbench automatically retrieves the data
for any completed background update. After reconnecting to pending solution data, it is important to save the project. For a Solution cell update, if you decline to save the project before exiting, the intermediate solver data is discarded and is not accessible in future Workbench sessions. For more information, see Exiting a Project During a Remote Solve Manager Solution Cell Update. |
| Refresh Project | Refreshes all cells in the project. |
| Resume | Resumes design point updates that were pending when the project was closed. This option is available only if the project has design points that are paused due to cells in a Pending state. |
| Update All Design Points | Updates all design points in a project that are in an Update Required state. This option is available only when the project contains multiple design points. |
| Update Project | Updates all cells in the project that are in an Update Required state. |
| Suspend Collecting RSM Results / Resume Collecting RSM Results | Temporarily suspends or resumes the collection of design point
data from Remote Solve Manager (RSM) These options are enabled when RSM is processing an Update Project or an Update All Design Points operation. For more information, see Suspending and Resuming Collection of RSM Design Point Results. |
| Abandon Pending Updates | Ignores any results calculated so far and return the project to
its normal state. Use this option if you have a remote or background solve process (some component or components in the project were saved in a Pending state) and attempts to reconnect have failed. If you use this option, you may need to manually remove processes that were not stopped or files that were not removed. |
| Options | Defines your user preferences for Workbench. The preferences you set here are local settings and affect only you. For descriptions, see Workbench User Preferences. |
Units Menu
| Menu Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Display Values as Defined | Displays the value and unit as defined in Workbench or the original source application. No conversion information is displayed. |
| Display Values in Project Units | Converts displayed units to correspond to the selected project unit system. |
| Unit Systems | Opens the Unit Systems dialog box, where you can choose which unit systems to display in the Units menu and define custom unit systems. For more information, see Configuring Units in Workbench. |
Extensions Menu
| Menu Items | Description |
|---|---|
| ACT Start Page | Opens the ACT Start Page, which provides you with convenient access to ACT functionality. From this page, you can access multiple tools for both the development and execution of extensions. |
| Manage Extensions | Opens the Extension Manager, which enables you to specify which extensions you want to load. |
| Install Extension | Provides for installing a binary extension (WBEX file) into your Application Data folder so that this extension is available in the Extension Manager. |
| Build Binary Extension | Opens the binary extension builder so that you can compile a binary version of an extension from the scripted version. |
| View ACT Console | Opens the ACT Console, where you can interactively test commands during the development or debugging of an extension. |
| Open App Builder | Opens the ACT App Builder, where you can create ACT extensions in a visual environment. |
| View Log File | Opens the Extensions Log File, which provides messages generated by the extension. If present, warnings are shown in orange text, and errors are shown in red text. |
Jobs Menu
| Menu Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Open Job Monitor | Displays the Job Monitor dialog box, which
enables you to see the status of jobs that have been submitted to
Remote Solve Manager for the current project. For more information, see Monitoring and Controlling Remote Solve Manager Jobs in Workbench. |
| Open HPC Job Manager | Opens a browser window and launches the Ansys HPC Job Manager Web App. |
| Sync with HPC Platform Services | Synchronizes the Workbench project with Ansys HPC Platform Services. |
| Sign out from HPC Platform Services | Signs you out from Ansys HPC Platform Services. |
| Reset HPC Platform Services project ID | Resets the Ansys HPC Platform Services project ID assigned to the Workbench project. |
Help Menu
| Menu Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Ansys Workbench Help | Opens the online help. |
| Show Context Help | Opens the Sidebar Help pane. |
| Installation Help | Opens the Ansys, Inc. Installation Guides. |
| Licensing Help | Opens the Licensing Documentation. |
| Getting Started | Opens the Sidebar Help pane to the Getting Started topic. |
| Ansys Product Improvement Program | Opens the Ansys Product Improvement Program dialog box. |
| About Ansys Workbench | Opens the About Ansys Workbench dialog box containing various product details. |