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Gert-Jan July 29, 2021 07:44

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You should go to

- Edit Mesh
- Move Nodes
- Select two reference nodes (red circles)
- Select the node to align with the reference nodes (green circle)

Press apply, and the green node will be in plane

Succes, Gert-Jan

biltu July 29, 2021 08:53

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I succeeded to upload images here finally. Please take a look.
Attachment 85640
The image above is the image of the model with volume mesh and surface turned on. But when I turn off the surface, you see several sharp corner points where we can see no volume element i.e. empty corners as in the image below.
Attachment 85641

I think this is the problem with my mesh.
Can you suggest sth to solve such an issue?

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Originally Posted by Gert-Jan (Post 809247)
You should go to

- Edit Mesh
- Move Nodes
- Select two reference nodes (red circles)
- Select the node to align with the reference nodes (green circle)

Press apply, and the green node will be in plane

Succes, Gert-Jan


Gert-Jan July 29, 2021 09:43

You need to make sure that you have geometrical points at the ends of all curves and curves at the edges of all surfaces.
Because,.....after meshing, ICEM projects the nodes on the geometrical elements, following the hierachy: points, curves, surfaces. If there are not end points at your curves, there will not be any nodes at the corner of your geometry, so your mesh will not represent your geometry accurate.

It this does not help, you need to refine your mesh. Then still, you might need to align nodes.

biltu July 30, 2021 03:36

I know extracting curves from the surface. Is there any feature in ICEM that extracts endpoints of curves/lines/surface?

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Originally Posted by Gert-Jan (Post 809263)
You need to make sure that you have geometrical points at the ends of all curves and curves at the edges of all surfaces.
Because,.....after meshing, ICEM projects the nodes on the geometrical elements, following the hierachy: points, curves, surfaces. If there are not end points at your curves, there will not be any nodes at the corner of your geometry, so your mesh will not represent your geometry accurate.

It this does not help, you need to refine your mesh. Then still, you might need to align nodes.


Gert-Jan July 30, 2021 06:06

How is it possible that you know how to extract a curve, but not how to extract a point? The idea is exactly the same...........
Go to Geometry -> Create Points -> Curve Ends

biltu July 30, 2021 10:01

Apology for the stupid question. But I am using ICEM for the first time.

The good news is the error is fixed and I got the final result. Finally!

Thank you Gert-Jan, Ghorrocks, and CFD Online team for your help.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gert-Jan (Post 809341)
How is it possible that you know how to extract a curve, but not how to extract a point? The idea is exactly the same...........
Go to Geometry -> Create Points -> Curve Ends


Gert-Jan July 30, 2021 10:14

Since you showed a mesh on a quite complicated geometry, it suggests that you are not a beginner.

Nevertheless, good to hear that you managed to get it working!

biltu July 31, 2021 09:44

Beginner for ICEM ;);)

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Originally Posted by Gert-Jan (Post 809360)
Since you showed a mesh on a quite complicated geometry, it suggests that you are not a beginner.

Nevertheless, good to hear that you managed to get it working!


Gert-Jan July 31, 2021 10:57

I would not suggest to start learning ICEM. It is an old package, no longer improved, and hardly supported. So it is a dead end. Better use the ANSYS-Mesher.


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