The LS-DYNA and LS-DYNA Restart systems are available in the project Toolbox in Workbench. To run an LS-DYNA analysis, drag the system into a project and set up and run your model as usual. The LS-DYNA system will create an LS-DYNA keyword (.k) file that contains all the necessary information to carry out the analysis, and will run the LS-DYNA solver using that file.
For general information about setting up an Explicit Dynamics analysis, see Explicit Dynamics Workflow.
All the LS-DYNA keywords are implemented according to the LS-DYNA Keyword User's Manual Volumes I, II, III.
All the LS-DYNA keywords that are supported in Workbench are described in detail in Keywords used by LS-DYNA in Workbench. Any parameters that are not shown for a card are not used, and their default values will be assigned for them by the LS-DYNA solver.
When using Commands objects with LS-DYNA, be aware of the following:
Keyword cards read from Commands object content (renamed to Keyword Snippets for LS-DYNA) should not have any trailing empty lines if they are not intentional. This is because some keywords have more than one mandatory card that can be entered as blank lines, in which case the default values for the card will be used. Therefore, trailing blank lines should be used only if intended; otherwise they may cause solver execution errors.
The first entry in the Commands object content must be a command name which is preceded by the * symbol.