[Kattie]

Hello All,

I have a simple airfoil meshed in 2D in ANSA, and I am looking for a way to extrude that into 3D, such that I can fill in the PID options for the various patches.

I'm using ANSA v13.1.1 and OpenFOAM 1.7.1. This is a test case I am starting with to begin to learn the functionality of OpenFOAM, and how the GUI of ANSA can help with preprocessing. I'm familiar with FLUENT/Gambit and Star-CCM+, but OpenFOAM and ANSA are new to me.

I've attempted to use the volume - extrude - offset and translate options in the mesh page, but they don't project all elements well. Additionally, when they project, they are all disconnected, and the FEMTOPO command does not work.

I was also hoping to compare the meshing capability of ANSA to that of the built in snappyHexMesh, but when I attempt to output an OpenFOAM deck with no mesh, or only a surface mesh, it comes up with an error, because of no volume mesh.

Any advice on how to create a 3D mesh from this 2D mesh would be very much appreciated.

Thank you in advance,
Kattie