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CDS Training Manual
learn by completing a study.
One curriculum shared with Workbench. Choose an exercise, follow its tasks, check the expected behavior, and keep evidence of your results. The User Guide explains the controls; the Theory Manual explains the mathematics.
Complete manuals · download a whole collection
Each collection includes an editable Word manual and its matching searchable PDF, with linked contents, explanatory text, diagrams and references. Theory equations use native Word mathematics. Individual-page PDF buttons remain available.
These are dated reading editions of the public learning content. Interactive studies and account-controlled classroom notes and databases stay online. For current changes, follow the chapter links back to the website.
Current Workbench, reference editions and downloads
Use the online User Guide for current controls, the released model directory for selectable models and compatibility, and the Training Manual for connected exercises. Wider theory references do not mean every formulation is enabled in Workbench.
Dated GUI captures and compiled Web r18 PDF manuals retain their stated scope; they are not a substitute for current hosted Workbench instructions. Find the overview PDF, guides and exercise databases in Your CDS library.
Exercise curriculum
Shared CDS databaseHow the shared curriculum works
- Read the reference
- Select an exercise from the shared CDS database
- Trace inputs in Simulation
- Run and inspect fields
- Compare checkpoints and record limits
SIMULATION selects the Thermal, Moisture, Mechanical and EM cases to run, with None available in each slot. Geometry owns shared specimen dimensions; Laminate owns plies and thickness. Each case owns one analysis model, its applied conditions and its applicable cycle; there is no separate Process block. Surrounding blocks manage available records. Run updates results; completed does not mean validated or passed.
All 104 exercises select connected records from one shared default database. Opening an exercise does not add duplicate materials. Changes to shared records affect studies using them; duplicate a record for an independent variation. Downloads provide self-contained subsets of that database and require sign-in and an active CDS license. Exercise links open the matching guide; they do not run a solver or replace your database. Historical files remain in a separate portal archive.
Catalogue revision 2026-09-09. Source-data case studies require the setup and calibration described in their guides.
All exercises, case studies and simulation examples → · Your CDS library: overview, manuals and database downloads →
Choose the run in the SIMULATION block
SIMULATION is the control point for the run. Select a Thermal case, Moisture case, Mechanical case and EM case, or None in any slot. Each selected case shows its analysis model, laminate and applicable geometry.
- Keep candidate records in the surrounding blocks. Adding a candidate does not select it for execution.
- Select the required cases in SIMULATION and review their inputs before Run. At least one case is required.
- Use the same laminate for a supported combined run. Run standalone studies separately with the other selectors set to None.
- Run executes the selected combination. A connection or Used marker is not evidence of a successful solve.
Review every downstream geometry dependency
A geometry record can be shared by several cases and simulations. Editing its dimensions or type affects all linked consumers, including studies that are not currently open. Unrelated records are unchanged.
- After editing geometry, open Solver messages and expand Review affected cases and simulations. Select a linked name to inspect that record.
- Check the selected model, load basis, dimensions and boundary conditions. Loads are not automatically replaced when the geometry changes.
- Resolve incompatible geometry and model combinations before running. An I-section does not turn a plate theory into a beam theory.
- Rerun affected simulations before relying on previous results. Inputs changed warnings indicate that stored results no longer match their connected inputs.