The Attribute feature allows you to associate names/values that can be tied to selection groups and transferred to the Mechanical application. You can select any combination of 3D edges, faces, bodies, and vertices. Selections are performed through an Apply/Cancel property called "Geometry" in the Details View in Modeling Mode of Ansys DesignModeler. Unlike feature names which have numerous restrictions on what characters are allowed, the "Attribute Name" property is much less restrictive. Many more characters, including "[" and "]" are allowed. This is the actual name that is transferred to the Mechanical application, not the feature name.

Along with the Attribute Name, the attribute can also have a value associated with it. The "Attribute Data Type" can be None, Boolean, Integer, Double, or Text. After you select and Apply geometry for the attribute, you can also use the right mouse button to choose to add additional groups of selections, where each group can have its own "Attribute Data Type", and value.

Attributes are transferred to the Mechanical application by first selecting the Attributes option in the Default Geometry Options section of the Ansys Workbench Project Schematic.

There you must provide a key string that is used to choose which attributes you wish to transfer. An Attribute feature will be transferred to the Mechanical application if the key string given in the Ansys Workbench environment is found in the feature's name. This field can have any number of prefixes with each prefix delimited by a semicolon (for example: DM;DS;WB). By default the filter is set to SDFEA;DDM. If the key is set to an empty string, all applicable attributes will be used.

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