Cleaning up an imported file
Cleaning up an imported file
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I have a perfectly smooth solid body that was imported from a Parasolid.
The problem is that the body consists of a bunch of different surfaces, or artifacts (the body is actually a solid body, so it is not technically surfaces, but it looks like that).
I want to use this body for CFD but the problem is that the CFD package picks up all these individual surfaces.
Is there a way to remove all these 'artifacts' from the body and be left with a solid body that is covered with a single surface?
I am using NX9
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The problem is that the body consists of a bunch of different surfaces, or artifacts (the body is actually a solid body, so it is not technically surfaces, but it looks like that).
I want to use this body for CFD but the problem is that the CFD package picks up all these individual surfaces.
Is there a way to remove all these 'artifacts' from the body and be left with a solid body that is covered with a single surface?
I am using NX9
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RE: Cleaning up an imported file
RE: Cleaning up an imported file
I am using NX9.
If I use the Delete Body command simply deletes the entire body.
The body is a solid, so if I delete the body, I am left with nothing.
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RE: Cleaning up an imported file
File -> Export -> Heal Geometry
and see if the new file that is created is cleaner than the initial file
RE: Cleaning up an imported file
RE: Cleaning up an imported file
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RE: Cleaning up an imported file
Are you getting some sort of error in the meshing process? If not, I'd leave the model alone and use it as-is.
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RE: Cleaning up an imported file
The synchronous delet face just gives 'Delete failed because the remaining faces cannot close the area left after deleting the selected faces'.
Export-->Heal Geom also yields no significant result.
Join Face doesn't work as all the faces area irregularly shaped.
Cowski,
The problem is that in Ansys mesher I then have to separately select all the different faces if I want to apply some meshing method to that face.
It would be much more efficient if I can just select the entire face in one go. I am not sure if you are familiar with Ansys mesher, but I can select all the separate
faces and turn them into a named selection, but I can't select that named selected to apply a meshing method to it.
And apart from the CFD, I also need some approach to do this for another file that I need to clean up for other purposes.
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