• 1. Welcome!
• 2. Ansys AVxcelerate Asset Preparation Overview
  • 2.1. Interface
    • 2.1.1. Scene Mode
    • 2.1.2. 3D View
    • 2.1.3. Properties
    • 2.1.4. Resources
    • 2.1.5. UV Mapping
    • 2.1.6. Configurations
• 3. Ansys AVxcelerate Asset Preparation Configuration
  • 3.1. Moving/Docking a Panel
  • 3.2. Configuring the General Settings
  • 3.3. Editor General Settings
  • 3.4. Resetting the Default Configuration
• 4. Editor Management
  • 4.1. Project Management
    • 4.1.1. Creating a Project with a New Scene
    • 4.1.2. Creating a Project From a Template
    • 4.1.3. Adding a New Scene to the Project
    • 4.1.4. Defining the Current Scene
    • 4.1.5. Saving a Project/Scene
    • 4.1.6. Layout Management
      • 4.1.6.1. Creating a Layout
      • 4.1.6.2. Deleting a Layout
      • 4.1.6.3. Resetting a Layout
    • 4.1.7. Data Import
      • 4.1.7.1. Import Formats
      • 4.1.7.2. Importing a Geometry
      • 4.1.7.3. Importing Additional Resources
      • 4.1.7.4. Importing Library Data
      • 4.1.7.5. Import-Related Features
        • 4.1.7.5.1. CAD Import Options
          • 4.1.7.5.1.1. Reorienting a Geometry
          • 4.1.7.5.1.2. Adjusting the Tesselation
          • 4.1.7.5.1.3. Simplifying a Geometry
          • 4.1.7.5.1.4. Repairing a Geometry
          • 4.1.7.5.1.5. Adding Tangents and Binormals to a Geometry
          • 4.1.7.5.1.6. Grouping a Geometry
        • 4.1.7.5.2. Speos Import Options
        • 4.1.7.5.3. FBX Import Options
      • 4.1.7.6. Importing a Point Cloud
      • 4.1.7.7. Importing a Dielectric Material
      • 4.1.7.8. Importing an Irradiance Map File
    • 4.1.8. Data Export
      • 4.1.8.1. Export Formats
      • 4.1.8.2. Exporting a Speos Simulation
        • 4.1.8.2.1. Speos Simulation Settings
      • 4.1.8.3. Exporting a Scene
      • 4.1.8.4. Exporting a Scene Tree
      • 4.1.8.5. Exporting a Material Library
      • 4.1.8.6. Exporting FBX Files
      • 4.1.8.7. Exporting a Track File
      • 4.1.8.8. Exporting an Asset File
  • 4.2. Resources Management
    • 4.2.1. Resources Overview
    • 4.2.2. Adding a Resource to a Project
  • 4.3. Scene Management
    • 4.3.1. Adding a Resource to a Scene
      • 4.3.1.1. Displaying Resource Properties
      • 4.3.1.2. Displaying Instance Properties
    • 4.3.2. Modifying the Scene Properties
    • 4.3.3. Scene Lighting
    • 4.3.4. Cameras and Viewpoint Management
      • 4.3.4.1. Camera
        • 4.3.4.1.1. Camera Overview
        • 4.3.4.1.2. Editing the Editor Cameras
        • 4.3.4.1.3. Editing a Perspective Camera
        • 4.3.4.1.4. Editing an Up-Preserved Perspective Camera
        • 4.3.4.1.5. Editing an Orthographic Camera
      • 4.3.4.2. Switching Viewpoint with an Editor Camera
      • 4.3.4.3. Switching Viewpoint with a Scene Camera
    • 4.3.5. Navigating in a Scene
    • 4.3.6. Selection Management
      • 4.3.6.1. Selecting one Object
      • 4.3.6.2. Selecting Multiple Objects
    • 4.3.7. Global Elements Management
      • 4.3.7.1. Adding a Global Element to a Scene
      • 4.3.7.2. Showing/Hiding a Global Element
      • 4.3.7.3. Editing a Global Element
    • 4.3.8. Scene Tree Management
      • 4.3.8.1. Scene Tree Overview
      • 4.3.8.2. Showing/Hiding a Scene Tree Element
      • 4.3.8.3. Deleting a Scene Tree Element
      • 4.3.8.4. Grouping/Ungrouping Scene Tree Elements
      • 4.3.8.5. Creating a Node
      • 4.3.8.6. Adding a Scene Tree Element
      • 4.3.8.7. Positioning, Rotating and Scaling an Object
  • 4.4. Data Preparation
    • 4.4.1. Lights
      • 4.4.1.1. Light Overview
      • 4.4.1.2. Color Light
        • 4.4.1.2.1. Color Light Properties
        • 4.4.1.2.2. Creating a Color Point light
        • 4.4.1.2.3. Creating a Color Directional Light
      • 4.4.1.3. Physical Light
        • 4.4.1.3.1. Physical Light Properties
          • 4.4.1.3.1.1. Intensity
          • 4.4.1.3.1.2. Spectrum
          • 4.4.1.3.1.3. Shadows
          • 4.4.1.3.1.4. Rendering
        • 4.4.1.3.2. Creating a Physical Point light
        • 4.4.1.3.3. Creating a Physical Directional Light
      • 4.4.1.4. Surface Source
        • 4.4.1.4.1. Surface Source Properties
          • 4.4.1.4.1.1. Intensity
          • 4.4.1.4.1.2. Lighting Contribution Parameters
          • 4.4.1.4.1.3. Spectrum
        • 4.4.1.4.2. Creating a Surface Source
      • 4.4.1.5. Shadows
        • 4.4.1.5.1. Shadow Overview
        • 4.4.1.5.2. Generating a Static Shadow
        • 4.4.1.5.3. Generating a Dynamic Shadow
      • 4.4.1.6. Light Sources Panel
        • 4.4.1.6.1. Light Sources Panel Overview
        • 4.4.1.6.2. Managing Lights from the Light Sources Panel
    • 4.4.2. Sky
      • 4.4.2.1. Sky Overview
      • 4.4.2.2. Sky Parameters
      • 4.4.2.3. Creating a Natural Sky
      • 4.4.2.4. Creating an HDRI Sky
    • 4.4.3. Effect Management
      • 4.4.3.1. Effect Overview
      • 4.4.3.2. Setting Tone Mapping
      • 4.4.3.3. Setting Depth of Field
      • 4.4.3.4. Setting High Dynamic Range
      • 4.4.3.5. Setting Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
      • 4.4.3.6. Using Subpixel Morphological Antialiasing
      • 4.4.3.7. Setting Pixel Motion Blur
      • 4.4.3.8. Setting Color Correction
    • 4.4.4. Meshes
      • 4.4.4.1. Editing a Mesh
    • 4.4.5. Materials
      • 4.4.5.1. Optical Properties
        • 4.4.5.1.1. Defining the Optical Properties of a Mesh
        • 4.4.5.1.2. Surface Optical Properties
          • 4.4.5.1.2.1. Applying Textures to a Material Part
          • 4.4.5.1.2.2. Setting the Projection of a Texture
          • 4.4.5.1.2.3. Blending Textures with Multilayer
        • 4.4.5.1.3. Transparency
          • 4.4.5.1.3.1. Transparency Mode Overview
          • 4.4.5.1.3.2. Making a Material Transparent
          • 4.4.5.1.3.3. Using the With Holes Transparency Mode
          • 4.4.5.1.3.4. Setting the Volume Optical Properties
      • 4.4.5.2. Reflection Effect
        • 4.4.5.2.1. Reflecting an HDRI
        • 4.4.5.2.2. Reflecting a Texture
      • 4.4.5.3. Material Part Temperature and Thermal Properties
        • 4.4.5.3.1. Defining a Temperature Variation
        • 4.4.5.3.2. Defining the Thermal Properties
      • 4.4.5.4. Dielectric Properties
        • 4.4.5.4.1. Dielectric Properties Overview
        • 4.4.5.4.2. Editing a Dielectric Material File
        • 4.4.5.4.3. Dielec File Example
        • 4.4.5.4.4. Creating a Fully Absorbent Dielectric Material File
        • 4.4.5.4.5. Creating a Fully Reflective Dielectric Material File
        • 4.4.5.4.6. Applying Dielectric Properties
    • 4.4.6. State Management
      • 4.4.6.1. Adding a State
      • 4.4.6.2. Switching States
      • 4.4.6.3. Modifying a State
    • 4.4.7. Tags
      • 4.4.7.1. Tags for Sensors Simulation Assets
    • 4.4.8. Data Preparation for Thermal Camera Simulations
      • 4.4.8.1. Temperature and Thermal Properties
      • 4.4.8.2. Data Preparation Workflow for Thermal Camera Simulation
  • 4.5. Light Distribution Analysis
    • 4.5.1. Light Analysis Modes
    • 4.5.2. Displaying a Scene in True Colors
    • 4.5.3. Displaying a Scene in False Colors Luminance
    • 4.5.4. Displaying a Scene in False Colors Illuminance
    • 4.5.5. Displaying a Scene with True Colors Isolines
    • 4.5.6. Displaying a Scene with False Colors Isoareas
  • 4.6. Simulations
    • 4.6.1. Generating Ambient Occlusion
    • 4.6.2. Object Trajectory
      • 4.6.2.1. Creating a Curve
      • 4.6.2.2. Curve Design
        • 4.6.2.2.1. Placing a Point
        • 4.6.2.2.2. Setting the Loop Mode
        • 4.6.2.2.3. Curve Time and Speed
          • 4.6.2.2.3.1. Adjusting the Curve Time
          • 4.6.2.2.3.2. Adjusting the Curve Speed
          • 4.6.2.2.3.3. Customizing the Curve Time and Speed
      • 4.6.2.3. Assigning a Curve to an Object
      • 4.6.2.4. Playing a Trajectory (Curve)
  • 4.7. Configurations
    • 4.7.1. Configurations Overview
    • 4.7.2. Creating a Configuration
    • 4.7.3. Creating a Configuration from Selection
    • 4.7.4. Configurations Definition
      • 4.7.4.1. Managing Resource States in a Configuration
      • 4.7.4.2. Managing Instance Properties in a Configuration
    • 4.7.5. Creating a Configuration Set
    • 4.7.6. Specifying the Initial Conditions
    • 4.7.7. Assigning a Shortcut to a Configuration
    • 4.7.8. Displaying a Configuration
  • 4.8. Timelines
    • 4.8.1. Timeline Overview
    • 4.8.2. Creating a Timeline
    • 4.8.3. Assigning a Shortcut to a Timeline
  • 4.9. Capture
    • 4.9.1. Setting the Capture Parameters
    • 4.9.2. Capturing a Screenshot in Editor
  • 4.10. Recorder
    • 4.10.1. Recorder Overview
    • 4.10.2. Recording Images
    • 4.10.3. Creating a Batch File
    • 4.10.4. Batch File Examples
    • 4.10.5. Launching Simulation in Batch
• 5. Troubleshooting
  • 5.1. Known Issues
    • 5.1.1. General/Common
    • 5.1.2. Import
    • 5.1.3. Performance
    • 5.1.4. Speos
    • 5.1.5. Rendering
  • 5.2. Limitations
  • 5.3. Troubleshooting Procedures
    • 5.3.1. Performance
      • 5.3.1.1. What to Do If Performance Issues Occur?
    • 5.3.2. Miscellaneous
      • 5.3.2.1. What to Do If Wrong Textures are Applied?
      • 5.3.2.2. What to Do If the Ies of an Imported *.sv5 or *.speos Cannot be Visualized?
  • 5.4. Error Messages
    • 5.4.1. Loading of data has failed
• i. Copyright and Trademark Information