ansys-structural-workbench

name

ansys-structural-workbench

description

Orchestrate evidence-backed ANSYS Workbench and Mechanical structural analyses through a configured MCP, including capability discovery, existing-project or CAD intake, materials, named selections, connections, loads, high-quality mesh planning and repair, solving, convergence diagnosis, deterministic validation, and report export. Use for linear static, nonlinear static, contact, modal, eigenvalue buckling, or related structural-analysis work when Codex must operate or inspect a live Workbench session instead of only explaining theory.

ANSYS Structural Workbench

Operate Workbench as an engineering workflow with explicit quality gates. Treat the MCP as the execution adapter and this Skill as the analysis, meshing, validation, and reporting policy.

Start safely

1. Discover the available Workbench MCP tools and read references/mcp-adapter.md.
2. Probe both bridge health and live Workbench/Mechanical state. A reachable server is not proof that a project, Model, or analysis is loaded.
3. Convert the request into the contract in references/job-spec.md, including every applicable analysis profile. Use a temporary in-memory object unless a saved spec benefits the task.
4. Inspect the current project before mutation. Never clear, overwrite, suppress, or replace existing user work without explicit authorization.
5. Record assumptions. Stop for missing information only when no conservative, reversible default exists.

If the MCP lacks a required capability, use its generic Workbench/Mechanical script-execution tool when available. Otherwise report the exact unsupported gate; do not fabricate completion.

Select references

Always read:

• references/core-workflow.md
• references/quality-gates.md

Then read only what applies:

• Analysis behavior: references/analysis-profiles.md