[DesignModeler] Can I keep some bodies freezed before meshing?

yahya · December 2, 2012, 19:28

I have to create multibody part, in which those bodies are in contact. However, when I create them they merge by default into one body...the only way I found to keep them as separated bodies is to freeze some of them...but when I unfreeze them later after I finish they merge again.
My question: can I keep some bodies frozen and finish building the model and then go the meshing application? in other words, do I need to unfreeze any frozen bodies after finish modeling the geometry i.e. before going to the meshing ?
If not can anyone tell me a way to keep those contacted bodies separated (not merged)?

best regards

jrunsten · December 3, 2012, 03:36

It doesn't matter if the are frozen or not when you are meshing

PSYMN · December 3, 2012, 12:26

Right, when in doubt, try it out.

yahya · December 3, 2012, 12:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by PSYMN

Right, when in doubt, try it out.

I will try it for sure
but my question there will be no problem if I kept some bodies frozen and some active?

PSYMN · December 3, 2012, 12:32

No, Josef was right. It doesn't matter in the mesher.

December 2, 2012, 19:28	Can I keep some bodies freezed before meshing?	#1
yahya Member yahya Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 43 Rep Power: 14	I have to create multibody part, in which those bodies are in contact. However, when I create them they merge by default into one body...the only way I found to keep them as separated bodies is to freeze some of them...but when I unfreeze them later after I finish they merge again. My question: can I keep some bodies frozen and finish building the model and then go the meshing application? in other words, do I need to unfreeze any frozen bodies after finish modeling the geometry i.e. before going to the meshing ? If not can anyone tell me a way to keep those contacted bodies separated (not merged)? best regards

December 3, 2012, 03:36		#2
jrunsten Senior Member Josef Runsten Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 188 Rep Power: 24	It doesn't matter if the are frozen or not when you are meshing PSYMN likes this.

December 3, 2012, 12:26		#3
PSYMN Senior Member Simon Pereira Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,663 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 47	Right, when in doubt, try it out. __________________ ----------------------------------------- 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

December 3, 2012, 12:32		#5
PSYMN Senior Member Simon Pereira Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,663 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 47	No, Josef was right. It doesn't matter in the mesher. __________________ ----------------------------------------- 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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