[ManuelOliveira]

Hello to all,


I am trying to define to divide a tensile specimen into 2 regions through an stl.


The geometry:



The stl to cut is colored blue:



I am using setSet in the following:


I created a file named setSet to run the command: setSet -batch setSet. In it I have:

• cellSet metal new surfaceToCell "geometry/specimen.stl" ((0 0 0)) true true false 10 -10
  
• cellSet metal delete surfaceToCell "geometry/secondRegion.stl" ((0 0 0)) true true false 1e-3 1e-3

I intent to add the same block I am removing by:

• cellSet secondRegion new surfaceToCell "geometry/secondRegion.stl" ((0 0 0)) true true false 1e-3 1e-3

I want to check the cut but it is giving an unexpected result

The result so far:


It is not giving me a clean cut.

After some searching I found out the following information on wiki

• surfaceToCell: Select cells using a surface
  
  surfaceToCell SURFACE OUTSIDEPOINTS CUT INSIDE OUTSIDE NEAR CURVATURE
  
  SURFACE name of triSurface
  OUTSIDEPOINTS list of points that define outside
  CUT boolean whether to include cells cut by surface
  INSIDE boolean whether to include cells inside surface
  OUTSIDE boolean whether to include cells outside surface
  NEAR scalar; include cells with centre <= near to surface
  CURVATURE scalar; include cells close to strong curvature on surface (curvature defined as difference in surface normal at nearest point on surface for each vertex of cell)

I have tried to change of the parameters for the near and curvature, however with no success.

Can anyone explain what is understood by:

• OUTSIDEPOINTS list of points that define outside
• How to set the near and curvature parameters.

Is there a better way to define cellSets via an stl?

Best Regards!

[ManuelOliveira]

Hello,


Don't know if it was the best way, but I was able to solve it through OF1906 with the creation of a topoSetDict and using useSurfaceOrientation as true

actions
(
  {
    name    metal;
    type    cellSet;
    action  new;
    source surfaceToCell;
   sourceInfo
   {
       file            "geometry/specimen.stl";
      useSurfaceOrientation false;
        outsidePoints   ((0 0 0));    // definition of outside
        includeCut      true;              // cells cut by surface
       includeInside    true;              // cells not on outside of surf
        includeOutside  false;              // cells on outside of surf
        nearDistance    10;                 // cells with centre near surf
                                           // (set to -1 if not used)
       curvature       -10;                // cells within nearDistance
                                            // and near surf curvature
                                            // (set to -100 if not used)
    }

  }

  {
    name    metal;
    type    cellSet;
    action  delete;
    source surfaceToCell;
   sourceInfo
   {
       file            "geometry/secondRegion.stl";
      useSurfaceOrientation true;
        outsidePoints   ((0 0 0));    // definition of outside
        includeCut      false;              // cells cut by surface
       includeInside    true;              // cells not on outside of surf
        includeOutside  false;              // cells on outside of surf
        nearDistance    0;                 // cells with centre near surf
                                           // (set to -1 if not used)
       curvature       0;                // cells within nearDistance
                                            // and near surf curvature
                                            // (set to -100 if not used)
    }

  }

  {
    name    polymer;
    type    cellSet;
    action  new;
    source surfaceToCell;
   sourceInfo
   {
       file            "geometry/secondRegion.stl";
      useSurfaceOrientation true;
        outsidePoints   ((0 0 0));    // definition of outside
        includeCut      false;              // cells cut by surface
       includeInside    true;              // cells not on outside of surf
        includeOutside  false;              // cells on outside of surf
        nearDistance    0;                 // cells with centre near surf
                                           // (set to -1 if not used)
       curvature       0;                // cells within nearDistance
                                            // and near surf curvature
                                            // (set to -100 if not used)
    }

  }
);