Using the fluid volume without the structural parts

TW-FLOEFD · December 10, 2019, 08:58

Hey,

FloeFD is still confusing me sometimes.

As a geometry input i have the fluid volume.
FloeFD prompt me to at some lids for making the volume waterproof. But it didnt worked.

How can I work with the fluid volume?

Best regars

Boris_M · December 11, 2019, 10:16

Hi TW,

no, FLOEFD is for designers and designers usually don't design the fluid volume but the actual positive model. So no need to extract the fluid volume, you can work with the positive. It helps much better to understand the model than working on the inverted (negative) model.

If you don't have a positive model, you should subtract the fluid model from a block.
The lids are necessary to make a positive part watertight. FLOEFD then automatically recognizes the interior fluid volume as the empty space.

Regards,
Boris

TW-FLOEFD · December 16, 2019, 05:21

It resolves my confusion.
Many thanks.

December 10, 2019, 08:58	Using the fluid volume without the structural parts	#1
TW-FLOEFD New Member TW Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 6	Hey, FloeFD is still confusing me sometimes. As a geometry input i have the fluid volume. FloeFD prompt me to at some lids for making the volume waterproof. But it didnt worked. How can I work with the fluid volume? Best regars

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December 11, 2019, 10:16		#2
Boris_M Disabled Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 616 Rep Power: 23	Hi TW, no, FLOEFD is for designers and designers usually don't design the fluid volume but the actual positive model. So no need to extract the fluid volume, you can work with the positive. It helps much better to understand the model than working on the inverted (negative) model. If you don't have a positive model, you should subtract the fluid model from a block. The lids are necessary to make a positive part watertight. FLOEFD then automatically recognizes the interior fluid volume as the empty space. Regards, Boris

December 16, 2019, 05:21		#3
TW-FLOEFD New Member TW Join Date: Oct 2019 Posts: 12 Rep Power: 6	It resolves my confusion. Many thanks.