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Old   May 22, 2007, 07:45
Default Importing or Creating 2D Flat Surfaces into CFX
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Sam
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Hi there

I'm attempting to model a refrigeration unit in ANSYS CFX, and an important part of the modelling process is the use of 2D flat surfaces with no depth. However, every time I attempt to import a model from Pro/Engineer into ANSYS CFX that uses the flat surfaces, it returns the error message "Unable to Initialise CAD Model". Can anyone give me any advice, or has anyone been able to import flat surfaces? Or are you able to create flat surfaces within the ANSYS modeller?
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Old   May 22, 2007, 10:16
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AFAIK you cannot import isolated 2D surfaces into CFX with the geometry import function.

CFX models 2D problems as 3D problems one cell thick with appropriate symmetry BCs.
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Old   May 22, 2007, 10:49
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It is possible to create 2D surfaces in a 3D geometry when using DesignModeler and CFX-Mesh. It is called the "Thin Surface" technique. It has certain special requirements for the model which are described in the Help section of DesignModeler. Just search for "thin surface".

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Old   May 22, 2007, 15:32
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As, Joe says it, you have to make a 3D geometry , one cell thick.

Design modeler can create thin surface, but that would be only useful in FEA , or else, not useful in CFX.

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Old   May 25, 2007, 07:11
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I stick to my previous claim that it is possible to create 2D surfaces in a 3D model in DesignModeler and use this model in CFX. I've done it several times over the last months.

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Old   March 30, 2013, 12:11
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Hello all,

I also used the thin surface command to create 2D surfaces in a 3D Body. My problem is that i am not albe to create a structured mesh in ANSYS Mesher. Without the thin surfaces (0 Thickness) it is possible to go for a hex mesh.

Multi Zone Does not work and with Hex Dominant method i get the following error:



My model is shown in the picture below. I tried edge sizing with constant number of divisions on the outer diameter and the inner, but i always get a ted mesh.



Does anyone know how 2 create a structured mesh with 2D thin walls, because the model without thin walls is sweepable?

regards, Robert
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