[v_herw]

Hi,

I am trying to create a rectangular farfield around an airfoil - like in the T-Rex Meshing Tutorial.

Is there any possibility to create this farfield easier without creating every connector in x/y direction? I think it is quite time intensive to create one by one.

Thank you very much.

Vanessa

[pdp.aero]

Hi,

Execute the following script. The center is (0,0,0).
Please change the file extension to .glf after download and go to the "Execute" under the "Script" top menu, and select the script for execution. You could set the dimension by editing the A and B.

PDP

# 
# ------------------------------------------------
# Please Indicate horizontal side length. 
set A 48.
# Please Indicate vertical side length. 
set B 40.5
# -------------------------------------------------

set x[list [expr {-1*$A/2}] [expr {$A/2}] [expr {$A/2}] [expr {-1*$A/2}] [expr {-1*$A/2}]]
set y[list [expr {-1*$B/2}] [expr {-1*$B/2}] [expr {$B/2}] [expr {$B/2}] [expr {-1*$B/2}]]
set z 0.0

for {set i 0} {$i <= 3} {set i [expr {$i+1}]} {
		set linePts($i) [pw::SegmentSpline create]
		$linePts($i) addPoint[list [lindex $x $i] [lindex $y $i] $z] 
		$linePts($i) addPoint[list [lindex $x [expr int($i+1)]] [lindex $y [expr int($i+1)]] $z]
		set lineCon($i) [pw::Connector create]
		$lineCon($i) addSegment $linePts($i)
}

[v_herw]

Thanks a lot )

Is the original "x/y/z axis" (blue color in PW V17.1 R4) or the "axis" (red one) ??

[pdp.aero]

The red axis is the rotational axis, you could change it by holding the Ctrl+Shift+Left Mouse and dragging it over the mesh.
The origin of the coordinate axis is indicated by blue color.

[v_herw]

sorry, my question was wrong...

so the center of the script is on the 0/0/0 on the origin axis, isn't it?

[pdp.aero]

Yes, the center of rectangle is (0,0,0), if you wish to move the rectangle, you need to use the Edit -> Transform -> Translate...

Good Luck,
Payam

[cnsidero]

Originally Posted by v_herw

Hi,

I am trying to create a rectangular farfield around an airfoil - like in the T-Rex Meshing Tutorial.

Is there any possibility to create this farfield easier without creating every connector in x/y direction? I think it is quite time intensive to create one by one.

Thank you very much.

Vanessa

Here's a script to make pretty much any shape you want - geometry or mesh:

https://github.com/pointwise/ShapeWizard