[FrankR]

Dear Community,

I have a model of a room, meshed in GAMBIT as a *.dbs-file, in binary format.

Now I want to insert a cylinder. The nodes and the connectivity are available in 3 different formats to chose from , see underneath.

Is this feasible ?

We have no access to GAMBIT any longer. We do have the following modules from ANSYS : Fluent, Design Modeler, Space Claim, Workbench; all in the release 19.2.

The cylinder nodes and connectivity should be preserved after insertion. Can a conflict between identical node or element numbers between the dbs-file and the file for the cylinder be avoided automatically ? Alternatively, I could add a fixed number to all node and element numbers of the cylinder.

Your expertise is highly appreciated.

Sincerely

FrankR
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cylinder in msh format:

MESH dimension 3 ElemType Hexahedra Nnode 8
Coordinates
1 0.0297225621 -0.187660784 0
2 0.029722569 -0.187660779 0.01
...
18939 -0.0297225583 0.187660769 0.579999983
end coordinates

Elements
1 5469 4675 5307 6171 5397 4662 5295 6166
....
17400 17890 17806 17493 17590 17990 17900 17613 17709
end elements

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cylinder in nas format:

BEGIN BULK
$ ----------------------------------------------------------
$ GiD Mesh to Nastran TransLator - Version: 1.0
$ Written by: Kike III
$ Copyright @CIMNE 2002 - http://gid.cimne.com
$ ----------------------------------------------------------
GRID* 1 0 0.0297225621 -0.187660784*G 1
*G 1 0.000000000
GRID* 2 0 0.0297225690 -0.187660779*G 2
*G 2 0.0100000000
GRID* 3 0 0.0297225700 -0.187660779*G 3
......
GRID* 18938 0 -5.69991128e-16 0.189999983*G 18938
*G 18938 0.580000000
GRID* 18939 0 -0.0297225583 0.187660769*G 18939
*G 18939 0.579999983
MAT1 1
PSOLID 1 1
CHEXA 1 1 5469 4675 5307 6171 5397 4662+H 1
+H 1 5295 6166
CHEXA 2 1 6201 5469 6171 6969 6110 5397+H 2
+H 2 6166 6956
......
CHEXA 17400 1 17890 17806 17493 17590 17990 17900+H 17400
+H 17400 17613 17709
ENDDATA
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cylinder in f3grid format (from FLAC3D, Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua in 3 Dimensions):

* MESH dimension 3 ElemType Hexahedra Nnode 8
* Coordinates
G 1 0.029722562 -0.187660784 0
G 2 0.029722569 -0.187660779 0.01
.....
G 18939 -0.029722558 0.187660769 0.579999983
* end coordinates
*
* Elements
Z B8 1 5295 6166 5307 4662 6171 4675 5397 5469
Z B8 2 6166 6956 6171 5397 6969 5469 6110 6201
.....
Z B8 17400 17613 17709 17493 17900 17590 17806 17990 17890
* end elements