What's the difference between iso-surface and plane

Diisaac · February 16, 2022, 22:59

Hello everyone!
I'm learning ANSYS Fluent now, and I'm puzzled with the difference between Iso-surface and plane in creating surface in fluent cases. Can you tell me the difference? Thanks

evcelica · February 17, 2022, 14:46

Iso-surface is a surface where some variable is the same.
If you make that variable for the iso-surface x=0, that would be the YZ plane.
but if you made it temperature=100K, it would be all locations that were exactly that temperature, which could be any irregular shaped surface, not just a plane.

February 16, 2022, 22:59	What's the difference between iso-surface and plane	#1
Diisaac New Member Join Date: Feb 2022 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Hello everyone! I'm learning ANSYS Fluent now, and I'm puzzled with the difference between Iso-surface and plane in creating surface in fluent cases. Can you tell me the difference? Thanks

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February 17, 2022, 14:46		#2
evcelica Senior Member Erik Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Earth (Land portion) Posts: 1,167 Rep Power: 23	Iso-surface is a surface where some variable is the same. If you make that variable for the iso-surface x=0, that would be the YZ plane. but if you made it temperature=100K, it would be all locations that were exactly that temperature, which could be any irregular shaped surface, not just a plane.