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Old   June 26, 2013, 18:04
Default Creating volume mesh with prism elements w/given triangulated surfaces in ICEM
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Hello All,

I am attempting to create a tetrahedral volume mesh with prism elements in the b.l. region from a given set of surfaces that bound the flow domain. The surfaces have been triangulated a priori. The option to generate the prism layer is greyed out in the volume meshing window (enclosed image). I was wondering whether there might be a technique to circumvent this problem. Vis-à-vis would another mesh generator like T-Grid or Gambit be a better option.

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The problem is you don't have any "Geometry" menu in your "model tree".
The normal model tree is like this:
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therefore first generate geometry from mesh and then create parts and apply prism option.
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when we import .msh file in ICEM(tetra mesh only), then how we can extract geometry from this file for applying prism layers? Can anybody tell me the detailed procedure please

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As Far said:
Go to Edit menu and choose Mesh->Facets.
Although using TGrid instead of ICEM for generating prism would be fun!
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thanks alot sajdad. I will ry it and will let you know

I only know a bit about tgrid but haven't tested it even once, do tgrid offer any advantage over ICEM for prisms generation?
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Because if you have .msh file, you can directly import it in TGrid and with no other modification grow the prism.
And I think TGrid prism is comparable with ICEM.(personal experience)
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Because if you have .msh file, you can directly import it in TGrid and with no other modification grow the prism.
And I think TGrid prism is comparable with ICEM.(personal experience)
Dear All,

Thanks for the suggestions. I have opted to import the surface mesh into T-Grid and generate the volume mesh with prism layers and a tetrahedral core. I am currently reading the T-Grid mesh back into ICEM to scale and setup the problem for Fluent.

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scaling can be done directly in Tgird or Fluent.
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