Solving the overlapping geometry creating new faces

FCTCD · September 1, 2017, 04:52

Hi everybody,

I am dealing with the following problem. I am working on rotating turbomachinery to simulate a pump. Once I have built the fluid volume in solidworks, I have imported the bodies into the design modeler. What happen is that the impeller and the volute are sharing the same face, so I can't define two different interfaces because I have the warning of overlapping geometry.
Right, the interface is one so I can't name it twice.

Is there a method to create new faces and assign them to different bodies in order to solve the overlapping geometry warning?

My question is: is there a method, in design modeler or in solidworks, to create new faces from a single one in order to solve the overlapping geometry?

nikhilkulkarni4013 · November 6, 2017, 23:52

Have you successed in solving your problem? I am having the same problem: One pipe surrounded by nos of small pipe over its circumference. Whats the way to solve it?

Please help me out !

Thanks in advance for your help!

FCTCD · November 7, 2017, 11:17

Hi nikhi,

Yes, I worked out a solution. Unfortunately, is not what I wanted but it works.

Basically when you have two different surfaces with 0 thickness, you can't define (at least from my understanding) the entire model as a single body if you want to have a sliding interface. This imply that you won't have a conformal mesh, but at least you can define the two surfaces with two different named selection.

Hope that helps you!

nikhilkulkarni4013 · November 8, 2017, 07:27

Hey thanx a lot Fredrico for replying !

Yah, I too got the solution I kept only one interface in between the two meting surfaces and declared it as coupled wall for creating interface.

That have solved my problem!

September 1, 2017, 04:52	Solving the overlapping geometry creating new faces	#1
FCTCD New Member Federico Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 8	Hi everybody, I am dealing with the following problem. I am working on rotating turbomachinery to simulate a pump. Once I have built the fluid volume in solidworks, I have imported the bodies into the design modeler. What happen is that the impeller and the volute are sharing the same face, so I can't define two different interfaces because I have the warning of overlapping geometry. Right, the interface is one so I can't name it twice. Is there a method to create new faces and assign them to different bodies in order to solve the overlapping geometry warning? My question is: is there a method, in design modeler or in solidworks, to create new faces from a single one in order to solve the overlapping geometry? Last edited by FCTCD; September 1, 2017 at 13:23.

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November 6, 2017, 23:52		#2
nikhilkulkarni4013 New Member Nikhil Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 7	Have you successed in solving your problem? I am having the same problem: One pipe surrounded by nos of small pipe over its circumference. Whats the way to solve it? Please help me out ! Thanks in advance for your help!

November 7, 2017, 11:17		#3
FCTCD New Member Federico Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 11 Rep Power: 8	Hi nikhi, Yes, I worked out a solution. Unfortunately, is not what I wanted but it works. Basically when you have two different surfaces with 0 thickness, you can't define (at least from my understanding) the entire model as a single body if you want to have a sliding interface. This imply that you won't have a conformal mesh, but at least you can define the two surfaces with two different named selection. Hope that helps you!

November 8, 2017, 07:27		#4
nikhilkulkarni4013 New Member Nikhil Join Date: Jun 2017 Posts: 19 Rep Power: 7	Hey thanx a lot Fredrico for replying ! Yah, I too got the solution I kept only one interface in between the two meting surfaces and declared it as coupled wall for creating interface. That have solved my problem!