[ANSYS Meshing] Mesh export with mid side nodes

SGA · September 19, 2012, 16:43

Hello,
I am trying to export a mesh in .msh format and read it in my own code.
My code uses properties of quadratic tet elements. When I try to export the mesh using mid side nodes, I still get the linear elements in output mesh file. Is there any way I can export mesh with all the mid side nodes ?

PSYMN · September 20, 2012, 09:39

The fluent msh format is a linear mesh format. If you want quadratic mesh, you should export in a FEA format such as ANSYS or Nastran. These formats support quadratic mesh.

SGA · September 20, 2012, 12:39

Thanks. But I don't know how to do that. All the options I see for exporting are,
FLUENT, POLYFLOW, CGNS, and ICEM CFD.

PSYMN · September 20, 2012, 15:24

Do you have access to ICEM CFD? If so, choose that format. THen load the mesh in ICEM CFD and you can export to about 100 other formats.

It may be that the FEA options in ANSYS Meshing are hidden some how by your physics setting or something like that... Not sure.

SGA · September 21, 2012, 01:04

Okay, Thanks. I used FE Modeler in workbench to save it in Ansys mesh format.
Now I can see all the nodes in the mesh file.

September 19, 2012, 16:43	Mesh export with mid side nodes	#1
SGA New Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 14	Hello, I am trying to export a mesh in .msh format and read it in my own code. My code uses properties of quadratic tet elements. When I try to export the mesh using mid side nodes, I still get the linear elements in output mesh file. Is there any way I can export mesh with all the mid side nodes ?

September 20, 2012, 09:39		#2
PSYMN Senior Member Simon Pereira Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,663 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 47	The fluent msh format is a linear mesh format. If you want quadratic mesh, you should export in a FEA format such as ANSYS or Nastran. These formats support quadratic mesh. __________________ ----------------------------------------- Please help guide development at ANSYS by filling in these surveys Public ANSYS ICEM CFD Users Survey This second one is more general (Gambit, TGrid and ANSYS Meshing users welcome)... CFD Online Users Survey

September 20, 2012, 15:24		#4
PSYMN Senior Member Simon Pereira Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,663 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 47	Do you have access to ICEM CFD? If so, choose that format. THen load the mesh in ICEM CFD and you can export to about 100 other formats. It may be that the FEA options in ANSYS Meshing are hidden some how by your physics setting or something like that... Not sure. __________________ ----------------------------------------- Please help guide development at ANSYS by filling in these surveys Public ANSYS ICEM CFD Users Survey This second one is more general (Gambit, TGrid and ANSYS Meshing users welcome)... CFD Online Users Survey

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September 20, 2012, 12:39		#3
SGA New Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 14	Thanks. But I don't know how to do that. All the options I see for exporting are, FLUENT, POLYFLOW, CGNS, and ICEM CFD.

September 21, 2012, 01:04		#5
SGA New Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 14	Okay, Thanks. I used FE Modeler in workbench to save it in Ansys mesh format. Now I can see all the nodes in the mesh file.