ANSYS workbench Tutorial

If you are into ANSYS, then this post is for you.

www.ozeninc.com has ANSYS Workbench 11.0 tutorial for you. You can
download the tutorial and practise it on your own. The ANSYS Workbench
11.0 Tutorial contain all the directions and data files required to
complete the tutorial. Each exercise offers step-by-step instructions
and includes the data files covered. These tutorials are a great way
for beginners to get up-to-speed with ANSYS Workbench 11.0.
Experienced users can explore specific topics with selected exercises.

To start working with this tutorial, download a file to your computer
and uncompress (from .ZIP format). form the below mentioned link.

http://www.ozeninc.com/default.asp?ii=84

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5 things that I learnt from working in NAL

NAL has a special place in my heart. it gave me the confidence after
completing AeSI, it gave me my first salary. And it provided me a boss
whose influenze has catapulted my skills!! So here are 5 things that I
learnt from working in NAL.

1. Work is never small or big. From a nut required in bolding the
casing on the gas turbine engine, every work has a part in the bigger
scheme of the project.

2. Keep your eyes open. Problems that people around you are facing are
opportunities in disguise. Solve them. Learn from them.

3. Communication is the key. Whatever be your skills, talents, if you
can't express your ideas, thoughts you are not going anywhere.

4. Keep playing. Projects come and go, task come and get done. But
never allow yourself to fall behind. Constantly see to learn. That's
the only thing that you will have direct control.

5. Be positive. Biggest frustration might be getting bogged down to
little details and getting depressed in those little details.

What are your experiences? Share them in the comments.

6 things not to do in a training?

Training or working in NAL, ADA etc is part of an AeSI graduates life.
This helps you gain the practical experience that AeSI lacks.

So here are top 6 things on my mind that one should not ne doing while
in that phase of life.

1. Don't forget your original intent of joining the training. Always
keep that why in front of you.

2. Don't be complacent. Training is not your final destination, it's
the launchpad to future work. Treat it like that.

3. Don't just see what you are doing daily. See the big picture. See
where your effort fits in the big project.

4. Don't live in a well. Training time is to expand. It's time to
explore. See what others are doing, how they are doing. Learn from them.

5. Don't just use th tools you have. Push them. Push your abilities.
Push what you can do with those tools that are available to you. Push
hard.

6. Don't just do your assigned tasks, but create a long term value
with the skills you are gaining. Share the insights you pick with your
daily work. Germinate your pet projects.

Well this are the things I had on mind. I am sure there are many you
might know. So share them here.

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training related posts on this blog. Find them by hitting the
following link.

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Paying yourself first in section B

This week we are exploring the concept of paying yourself first. In
the previous post we have discussed why paying yourself first pays,
what does paying first mean in section A and now we will discuss what
does it mean in section B.

Apart from studying for your chosen streams, it means alloying your
time with an hour of practice for your chosen tool.

If you are Reading the blog for long or have read the free Ebook on
myaesi, then you know I suggest that once you enter section B choose a
tool. And devote an hour each day on that tool.

Paying yourself first means, disciplining your mind to do that one of
tool practises each and everyday.

Paying yourself first means, joining online communities relevant to
your interests and participating in them.

Paying yourself first means laying the tracks by way of planning and
then following the plan till it's complete.

Paying yourself first means creating a resume and putting it up on
jobsites to get the idea of what the Market is looking for.

Paying yourself first means studying and developing yourself to get
ready for the Market.

Next we will discuss what does paying yourself first, means in your
first job or in training.

Pay yourself first as Section A student

This week we are exploring the cpncept of paying yourself first. In
the previous post we have discussed why paying yourself first pays and
this ppst will discuss what paying first mean in section A

Don't just do your homework and study and rest.

Explore. Take up many hobbies. Read a lot and explore your career. See
the vastness that lies around your field of choice.

If fem looks interesting explore that. If model making invites you dig
in catia, ug or other cad programs.

Paying yourself first means getting out of the books and carriculum.
It means exposing yourself to differnt pursuits, it means giving
yourself access to different things and discovering your passions.

It means getting an all round view of the path that you began to walk.

It doesn't mean neglecting your studies but it means padding the book
learning with lot of extra learning/fun activities.

It means exploring the potential and finding the depth in the
opportunities that lie ahead of you.

Don't worry about learning anything specific. It's the multi-direction
exploration that you need than the lazer focus of on chosen tool. That
will come in section B. Till then concentrate on your studies and
enjoy the exploration.

Paying yourself first in section B follows tomorrow.

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No, I Won't Do Your Homework

From time to time, I receive email from people I've never heard of,
presumably because an Internet search has turned up something on
MyAeSI website of interest to them.

Since people can see everything, and read what they like, there is no
need to contact me directly. But occasionally, they send me a
compliment, a comment, or some other message. I am as much a fool for
compliments as the next person; I'm always interested in suggestions
and error reports, and occasionally can offer limited (in more than
one sense) guidance. These, I think, constitute appropriate kinds of
interaction for this situation.

I am also happy, when time permits, to discuss issues of interest with
people who have something to tell me. I have posted articles and faqs
for some normal queries.

But I have no time or patience for the thoughtless and impertinent
messages I get, asking me to send AeSI syllabus, to explain the AeSI
subjects, to create routines for study, to develop question answers
for CATIA/NASTRAN/ANSYS, to help someone out of a mundane AMAeSI
probelm, or in general, to do your homework.

I cannot imagine an appropriate response to such impertinence, which
simply signals that the Internet is, to some people, a vast ocean of
harmless drudges who can be trolled for answers to homework. Well, I
ain't doin' it.

Centrifugal compressor Blade profile for Catia Practice

I got this email...

"
brother my name is stephen, i have learned pro-e and catiav5. if u have any surface models of aircraft structure can u please send me as the training cenre din give any for practicing catiav5 surface designing.looking forward for ur mail.
thank u brother
"

I don't entertain this sort of request. But this brother calling Stephen was lucky and I had a ready made file available at hand.

I am posting it here instead of replying him by email so others cab use it if they require.

Its an output of a centrifugal design program that I developed long back. It consists of 4 line segments that can be made as a surface to get one blade.

You can get the file from by clicking Centrifugal_Compressor_Blade_Profile

If you it for anything creative, do show it to me.... I might link back to you....

Pay yourself first.

In personal financial world there is a phase called "pay yourself
first". This means if you want to save, allot some money for that
saving at the onset. Pay your bills latter.

Same way, this is essential for your own skills and personal
development. Working on projects, doing homeworks, completing
assignements is what you have to do. It's your job. But before that
pay yourself first.

Increase your skills. Allot an hour or half of time to improve your
skills. To improve your transferable skills. To increase your
knowledge. They are not demands of outside world but demands that you
place on yourself.

Letting work drown you is a mistake!! You can't afford to let it
happen to your career. So always remember paying yourself first pays!!

In the next couple of posts we will discuss what paying yourself first
means for you in section A, in section B and in your first job or
training. So stay tuned.

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Egg and omlet and your training after AeSI

There is a good saying. It goes like this. To get an omlet, you have
to break the eggs.

Same thing goes for training in NAL,ADA or in your first tasks in your
first job. You have to do all the small regular work before a
significant projects lands in your way.

Just like the egg, you have to break the hard shell by your attitude
and work to get that meaty work.

If you join training thinking of getiing to design the next gas
turbine engine, or analysing the next generation propulsion system
then you are mistaken. First comes the test of your ability, then the
real work.

So all of you, who are planning to go to training after the amaesi
results are announced, be prepared to break the eggs!!

Omlet comes after that!!

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Six things to do if you are learning a software tool

Learning a new software tool is a big part of being in an engineering
profession. They have become indispensable items that you need, to be
successful in your career. So learning a tool should always come into
your mind, when you enter section-B.

As I posted in a previous entry, if you are in section A, don't
bother. Study hard and enjoy and expose yourself to different stuffs.
But in section B, get serious and spend at least an hour a day in your
chosen tool

So here are 6 things you should do if you are learning a software tool.

1. Practise or work on the software tool once everyday.

2. Join a community where the tool and it's working is discussed.

3. Read and subscribe to blogs related to that software tool.

4. Don't just explore tutorials. Take up small projects involving the
tool.

5. Create and share the stuff you do in the
software.

6. Use all opportunities to teach what you know about the tool to
others.

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