[ANSYS Meshing] How to keep the solid body

littlebroca · June 24, 2014, 05:15

Hello,

I have a very simple question that i couldn't figure out how to solve :

I extracted the fluid "duct" out of my geometry (imported STEP file). I can mesh the fluid part without a problem, but when i want to post-process all this (after Fluent's calculations), i can not get the original geometry for vizualization.

How can i keep the geometry that is around the extracted fluid duct? Do i have to mesh it as well?

I know it's a weird question, but i couldn't find any answer online (may be it is too simple to have a forum thread on this).

Thank you for anyone who could help.

diamondx · June 25, 2014, 12:06

post pictures of your problem... explain more

littlebroca · June 26, 2014, 09:43

Hi, thanks for posting. i can't post a picture, but basically, i have a paint gun as a geometry.
On Design Modeler, i extract the fluid part of it.
Then i mesh it to run my calculations.

But after, when postprocessing, i would like, for vizualisation, to see the gun body as well. Do i need to mesh the body as well?

Thank you.

June 24, 2014, 05:15	How to keep the solid body	#1
littlebroca New Member Tarik Bennani Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 17	Hello, I have a very simple question that i couldn't figure out how to solve : I extracted the fluid "duct" out of my geometry (imported STEP file). I can mesh the fluid part without a problem, but when i want to post-process all this (after Fluent's calculations), i can not get the original geometry for vizualization. How can i keep the geometry that is around the extracted fluid duct? Do i have to mesh it as well? I know it's a weird question, but i couldn't find any answer online (may be it is too simple to have a forum thread on this). Thank you for anyone who could help.

June 25, 2014, 12:06		#2
diamondx Super Moderator Ghazlani M. Ali Join Date: May 2011 Location: Tokyo, Japan Posts: 1,385 Blog Entries: 23 Rep Power: 28	post pictures of your problem... explain more __________________ Regards, New to ICEM CFD, try this document --> https://goo.gl/KAOIwm Ali

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June 26, 2014, 09:43		#3
littlebroca New Member Tarik Bennani Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 6 Rep Power: 17	Hi, thanks for posting. i can't post a picture, but basically, i have a paint gun as a geometry. On Design Modeler, i extract the fluid part of it. Then i mesh it to run my calculations. But after, when postprocessing, i would like, for vizualisation, to see the gun body as well. Do i need to mesh the body as well? Thank you.