MRF in latest 1.5.x

bastil · April 14, 2009, 03:28

Dear all,

there have been some changes regarding MRF in 1.5.x. I am not really sure aht the latest benefits are. As far as I understand there is no need to have a seperate facezone and cellzone for the MRF anymore? And patchs within the rotating zone are now rotating as far as the are not explicitely set to non-rotating? Maybe Matthis can comment on this?

Thanks?

BastiL

mattijs · April 15, 2009, 02:53

Yes, boundary faces inside MRFzones are automatically rotating.

Benefits:
- less set-up. Only cellZone needed.
- harder to make mistakes in having non-rotating patches inside mrf zones (main reason why it changed)
- can have patches with part inside, part outside.

bastil · April 15, 2009, 04:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattijs

Benefits:
- less set-up. Only cellZone needed.

Sounds great. To if I give a rotating cell zone OF will do everything right even if the faces belonging to this cell zone are in different faceZones? That is what I am intending to do and it seems to work.

fra76 · April 15, 2009, 10:38

Yes, right!

April 14, 2009, 03:28	MRF in latest 1.5.x	#1
bastil Senior Member BastiL Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 530 Rep Power: 20	Dear all, there have been some changes regarding MRF in 1.5.x. I am not really sure aht the latest benefits are. As far as I understand there is no need to have a seperate facezone and cellzone for the MRF anymore? And patchs within the rotating zone are now rotating as far as the are not explicitely set to non-rotating? Maybe Matthis can comment on this? Thanks? BastiL

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April 15, 2009, 02:53		#2
mattijs Senior Member Mattijs Janssens Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1,419 Rep Power: 26	Yes, boundary faces inside MRFzones are automatically rotating. Benefits: - less set-up. Only cellZone needed. - harder to make mistakes in having non-rotating patches inside mrf zones (main reason why it changed) - can have patches with part inside, part outside.

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fra76 Senior Member Francesco Del Citto Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Zürich Area, Switzerland Posts: 237 Rep Power: 18	Yes, right!