Fill a hollow body for CFD

amsys · March 30, 2020, 10:54

Hello,

I have the attached geometry. What would be the best way to fill such a body to create a fluid domain for CFD?

Thanks

Screenshot 2020-03-30 at 15.51.30 2.jpg

AtoHM · March 31, 2020, 03:48

Create another volume e.g. a cube in such a way, that it overlaps with nearly all of the body you have, except for the very endings of the tube. Now if you use a boolean operation (subtract the volumes from one-another) you will reveice an inner body (which is what you are looking for) and the outer body which you can delete.

This will give you a large part of the whole thing, but not everything. From there I would go and add the missing parts manually if possible.

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March 31, 2020, 03:48		#2
AtoHM Senior Member M Join Date: Dec 2017 Posts: 642 Rep Power: 12	Create another volume e.g. a cube in such a way, that it overlaps with nearly all of the body you have, except for the very endings of the tube. Now if you use a boolean operation (subtract the volumes from one-another) you will reveice an inner body (which is what you are looking for) and the outer body which you can delete. This will give you a large part of the whole thing, but not everything. From there I would go and add the missing parts manually if possible.