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Old   October 29, 2007, 08:19
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Luis
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Hi,

I am trying to mesh a 3D solid with CFX v11, but I get the following error message:

"The calculated volume of this solid is negative. A volume mesh cannot be generated. This can occur if you have tried to volume mesh a surface body"

This is strange because when I verify the geometry I get no error messages and when I generate the surface mesh neither. Also, this same model was reporting no errors in CFX v10. Does anybody how can I fis this problem?

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Luis
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Old   October 29, 2007, 18:36
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Glenn Horrocks
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Hi,

Are you meshing in Workbench?

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Old   October 30, 2007, 04:23
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Yes, I am meshing in Workbench with CFX-Mesh.

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Old   October 30, 2007, 19:04
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In that case the problem is almost always due to either using too large an element to capture a small geometry feature or a poor geometry model which overlaps itself.

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