

Discovery is also a CAD authoring environment, meaning you can create your own models from scratch here, or make edits and refinements to any model that you’ve imported. Discovery has built-in importers for many popular formats including STEP, IGES, AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and others. When you see this tab, you’re ready to create and convert models for STK! The first step is to import the existing model, if there is one. Once the utility is installed, the main ribbon across the top of Discovery should sport a new tab called “Systems Tool Kit (STK)." It is also available as ANSYS SpaceClaim Direct Modeler (SCDM) standalone or through the ANSYS Mechanical Enterprise, ANSYS CFD Enterprise, and multiphysics bundles.The STK 12.4 install disc includes a new utility that helps convert CAD models to use in STK. Look for it in a folder called “Discovery_STK_ModelAddIn” (or “SpaceClaim_STK_ModelAddIn” if you’ve not yet made the leap from Ansys SpaceClaim to Ansys Discovery). The SpaceClaim technology can be accessed as ANSYS Discovery SpaceClaim through the ANSYS Discovery Essentials, Standard, or Ultimate bundles. You’ll find learning Discovery SpaceClaim easy - weeks instead of months – and realize a return on your investment that’s faster than expected. With streamlined commands and workflows, operations that previously took hours can be completed in minutes.

Regardless of a model’s origin, you can open the file in Discovery SpaceClaim and add or subtract geometry in any way you visualize. With Discovery SpaceClaim, working with 3D modeling software becomes fast, easy, flexible, and rewarding, no matter where in the workflow you need it. Discovery SpaceClaim enables you to create, edit, or repair geometry without worrying about underlying technology. Technology should make your job easier, not more complicated. We believe that technology should work for you, not the other way around. Discovery SpaceClaim is ideal for engineers who don’t have time for heavy CAD tools but want and need to get fast answers using 3D. When working with existing CAD models, you can de-feature and simplify geometry with automated, easy-to-learn tools. Discovery SpaceClaim’s unique user interface, modeling technology and versatile toolset enables you to easily create and modify geometry without the complexity associated with traditional CAD systems.
