Ansys Granta provides materials information management software to empower companies with Material Intelligence. Ansys Granta MI™ offers a scalable solution for creating and managing material data, seamlessly integrating with CAD, CAE, and PLM systems for consistency. Choose the best material with Ansys Granta Selector, leveraging a comprehensive database. Improve simulation accuracy with access to our extensive materials data library.
Enhance the Accuracy of Your Simulation
Accurate Material Inputs. For Flawless Simulation Outputs
Granta MDS delivers precise data tailored for simulations and seamlessly integrates into Ansys Flagship Simulation Solvers- Mechanical, Electronics Desktop, Fluent, and Discovery. Access over 2,600 simulation-ready materials instantly, embedding a simulation-ready dataset directly into leading Ansys solvers.
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Make Smarter Materials Choices
Strategic Material Selection: Decide wisely, convey outcomes confidently.
Ansys Granta Selector integrates thorough materials data with versatile tools, facilitating robust and logical materials selection. Streamline your search and filtering process based on various property requirements within our extensive database. Effortlessly visualize selections for optimal performance, and utilize comparative tools to highlight material differences. Whether aiming for cost reduction, environmental impact mitigation, resolving in-service issues, or seeking superior materials, Granta Selector is the optimal software solution.
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Effortless Material Intelligence: Gain control and enhance the value of your in-house Materials Information.
Granta MI Pro seamlessly combines in-house and Ansys Granta reference data, instantly accessible to CAD designers and CAE analysts. This entry-level solution streamlines materials management, offering real cost and time savings across the organization. With its intuitive interface and 25 years of expertise, MI Pro empowers design and simulation teams to efficiently create, import, visualize, and analyze materials data. Flexible and scalable to meet the evolving needs of your organization.
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"Gold-Source" Materials Data Cutting-Edge Material Intelligence for your Enterprise
Ansys Granta MI Enterprise facilitates comprehensive management of the materials data lifecycle, from test data to design and beyond. Advanced data flow tools ensure efficient capture, processing, and approval, seamlessly integrating materials information into business practices. Utilize proven data management templates to establish appropriate data structures for complex scenarios like additive manufacturing or composites. Access a comprehensive library of quality reference information, covering metals, plastics, and composites, all within the same system.
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MATERIALS EDUCATION ASSISTANCE Granta EduPack, formerly CES EduPack, offers a distinctive range of teaching resources to enhance materials education.
Granta EduPack provides interactive, visually engaging software tools designed for materials education, tailored to disciplines such as engineering, design, science, and sustainability. It covers a broad spectrum of subjects and interdisciplinary areas related to materials and design. With its educational software and a wealth of over 200 teaching resources, educators can easily enrich courses across all academic years.
VIEW PRODUCTAnsys Granta drives digital transformation by providing tools and solutions for efficient materials information management. Through Granta's capabilities, organizations can digitize and centralize their material data, enabling easier access, analysis, and integration across various engineering workflows.
Equip your materials experts to balance trade-offs, cutting costs, reducing weight, and enhancing product quality.
Enhance simulation precision through access to an unrivalled collection of material property data.
At all levels of manufacturing enterprises, challenges arise regarding restricted substances, spanning from corporate liability concerns among executives to practical material choices made by engineers. Address these challenges effectively with the Ansys Granta MI Restricted Substances Module, enabling the identification and reporting of potential restricted substances in your product.
Key Advantages:
1. Mitigate business risks associated with restricted substance regulations (e.g. REACH).
2. Proactively ensure compliance during the design phase, minimizing costs and maximizing impact.
3. Prevent significant expenses, delays, or damage to reputation by avoiding non-compliance incidents.
4. Make informed decisions based on robust data regarding materials and specifications influencing restricted substance usage.
Design engineers can streamline design iterations by enhancing materials decisions early in the conceptual phase.
Ensure simulation accuracy with up to 2,600+ materials datasets and 20+ properties, curated by Ansys Granta's experts. Rely on our exclusive MaterialsUniverse™ and JAHM simulation data for reliable results.
Reduce search time and eliminate the need for extra data input. Improve efficiency by utilizing simulation-ready materials data. Granta MDS offers comprehensive coverage of material types and essential property data, facilitating analyses in structural, thermal, electromagnetic fields, and beyond.
Instantly access a range of materials datasets with a simple add-on to your Ansys simulation product, directly embedded within leading Ansys simulation tools, facilitating rapid and convenient access to our materials data library.
Ensure thorough, repeatable, and accountable materials selection. Explore materials similar to current choices or survey the entire available materials range. Quickly compare material options and balance conflicting performance demands.
Our comprehensive collection of interconnected materials data encompasses the expansive and comparable MaterialUniverse™ dataset, featuring technical, economic, and environmental details for numerous engineering materials. Further in-depth information is accessible on metals, polymers, composites, coatings, electromagnetic materials, medical materials, aerospace materials — comprising design data, manufacturer's datasheets, standards-based information, and test data.
Effortlessly integrate simulation-ready engineering data into Ansys Workbench as a seamless component of your workflow. Transfer data to Ansys Discovery, Ansys Granta MI Pro, or a range of third-party CAD/CAE software solutions.
Easily assess the environmental footprint of your product and its components at all stages of the life cycle. Determine critical areas for improvement and receive guidance on reducing embodied energy and CO2 emissions, applying principles of Life Cycle Assessment as a streamlined LCA tool.
Predict manufacturing expenses during the conceptual design stage. Consider factors such as materials, manufacturing techniques, and production batch sizes.
Forecast the performance and characteristics of hybrid materials and structures, contrasting them with conventional materials.
The tool supports academic researchers in materials selection for both research and industrial purposes, extending its utility to advanced education courses. It provides access to advanced and specialized data, streamlining selection processes for efficiency and accuracy. Researchers can contrast their experimental findings with the comprehensive materials database, engage in hybrid material synthesis, and assess properties. Leverage data visualization and analysis tools to guide research projects and create advanced educational reports and publications.
Expand upon the foundational materials dataset to compile your customized list of preferred materials possessing the necessary properties for simulation.
Tailor your materials database to suit your needs and guarantee its security with Granta MI Pro.
Rapidly and effortlessly integrate materials data that you've narrowed down using Granta Selector into your company's materials dataset.
The database is accessible through embedded apps in leading design (CAD) and simulation (CAE) tools.
Directly export to SOLIDWORKS® for seamless assignment of your materials data to your design.
Guarantee the traceability and capture of additive manufacturing (AM) data, along with providing analytics to optimize processes, and integrating AM data seamlessly with CAE and CAD systems.
Ansys Granta empowers user organizations to establish and maintain a central repository for proprietary materials data derived from testing, quality assurance, and research activities. Manage all data and its relationships, control access, oversee changes, support rigorous testing and qualification processes, and ensure traceability.
Users of the Ansys Granta MI™ Restricted Substances module can utilize Chemwatch's extensive library of over 70 million Safety Data Sheets (SDS). This integrated solution offers access to crucial product composition information necessary for compliance with global regulations and for managing chemical risks in manufacturing enterprises.
Granta MI Enterprise is seamlessly integrated with industry-leading systems such as CAD, CAE, and PLM, ensuring precise application of materials data and properties.
The Granta EduPack databases house an extensive collection of materials information. Utilize materials data tailored to your students and course needs.
Granta EduPack offers potent materials selection and charting tools, designed to facilitate the learning and application of the rational selection methodology pioneered by Prof. Mike Ashby at the University of Cambridge.
Assist students in developing critical thinking skills to assess the environmental impact of a product. With the Eco Audit Tool, students can explore various design scenarios and comprehend the significance of materials and process selections.
Discover teaching inspiration and access case studies, exercises, active teaching packages, and additional resources.
Granta EduPack incorporates models to forecast the characteristics of hybrid materials, facilitating comparisons with traditional materials and the estimation of part costs. Customize your models and apply the outcomes to property charts.
Define reference materials, adjust nearness settings to locate similar materials, and view material options in a comparison table.
ANSYS 3D DESIGN RESOURCES & EVENTS
Learn how to effectively prepare and simplify CAD geometry using Ansys SpaceClaim to accelerate meshing and improve solver performance across structural and fluid simulations.
REQUEST TECHNICAL PAPER This paper explores topology optimisation strategies within Ansys Discovery, covering setup, load case definition, and interpretation of results for lightweight structural components.
REQUEST TECHNICAL PAPER A practical guide to importing, repairing, and translating geometry from CATIA, SolidWorks, NX, STEP, and IGES formats into Ansys SpaceClaim without loss of design intent.
REQUEST TECHNICAL PAPERAnsys Granta aids in aero structures applications by providing comprehensive materials data and tools for informed decision-making. It enables engineers to select the most suitable materials for specific aerospace structural components, considering factors such as performance, weight, durability, and compliance requirements. Additionally, Granta facilitates the integration of materials data into simulation workflows, ensuring accurate analysis and optimization of aero structures for enhanced safety, efficiency, and performance.
Granta contributes to environmental pollution control by facilitating the management and analysis of materials data essential for sustainable practices. It enables organizations to track and assess the environmental impact of materials used in their products and processes, helping identify opportunities for improvement. Granta's tools support the selection of eco-friendly materials, substitution of harmful substances, and compliance with environmental regulations. By optimizing material choices and minimizing environmental footprint, Granta assists in mitigating pollution and promoting environmental stewardship across industries.
With Granta, manufacturers can make informed decisions about material selection, substitution, and optimization to improve product quality, reduce costs, and enhance sustainability. Additionally, Granta facilitates compliance with industry regulations and standards, streamlines collaboration among multidisciplinary teams, and accelerates innovation and product development cycles.
Ansys Granta provides the extensive add-on magnetic material data for electric motors simulations.
Granta equips students, researchers, and educators with valuable resources for studying and understanding material properties, behaviors, and applications across various disciplines. Granta enables academic institutions to integrate real-world materials data into curricula, research projects, and laboratory exercises, enhancing the quality and relevance of educational experiences. Additionally, Granta supports research endeavors by facilitating data-driven analysis, simulation, and innovation in materials science, engineering, and related fields.
Ansys 3D Design is a suite of tools — including SpaceClaim and Discovery — that lets engineers create, modify, and simulate 3D geometry directly within the Ansys simulation environment, eliminating the need to switch between separate CAD and analysis packages.
Licensed users can download Ansys SpaceClaim and Discovery through the Ansys Customer Portal. Contact CADFEM APAC to obtain a licence or request a free trial for evaluation.
Download the installer from the Ansys Customer Portal, run the setup wizard, and enter your licence server details. Detailed system requirements and step-by-step guides are available in the Ansys Installation Guide included with the download.
Ansys offers free self-paced courses on Ansys Learning Hub, along with official documentation and video tutorials. CADFEM APAC also provides instructor-led training tailored to your industry and workflow.
Use File → Save As to export geometry in formats such as STEP, IGES, ACIS, Parasolid, STL, and more. SpaceClaim also supports direct export to downstream Ansys solvers via Workbench.
Ansys Discovery generates an automatic mesh in real time as you run simulations. For refined control, switch to Refine Mode where you can define mesh sizing, inflation layers, and element types before solving.
Whether you're solving complex engineering challenges, accelerating innovation, or exploring new possibilities with simulation and digital engineering, our team is ready to support you. Backed by deep technical expertise and industry experience, we work closely with organizations to transform ideas into reliable, high-performance solutions. Connect with us to discover how CADFEM can help drive your next breakthrough.
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