[ICEM] Meshing problem from ICEM CFD to Fluent

cfdonlinederafa · September 14, 2010, 04:59

Hello.
I have an hexa mesh and in ANSIS ICEM looks pretty good, but when i export it into fluent, some problems appear.
I attach two pictures of an horizontal plane with a z=1 with ICEM CFD (scan plane option in Pres-mesh) and the mesh charged in Fluent

Icem Mesh: every cell looks ok hexa as i want

Flent: the mesh has some problems it appears some triangles.

Does anybody have the same problem?
Could you help me? Thank you very much!
Rafael PhD Student

PSYMN · September 21, 2010, 15:36

You may just be viewing a cut thru some elements so it appears like that... Check your mesh types when the mesh is actually loaded to see if you really have any non hexa or quad elements. I am guessing that everything is just fine. It is just a display thing in Fluent.

Instead of showing the cut thru the elements, try to display whole elements... That should sort it out.

Sorry, I forget where this control is in Fluent.

Simon

cfdonlinederafa · September 21, 2010, 17:16

Thank you, i guess it must be that... becouse everything are quads and hexas...
but i can not find the option you tell me about in fluent... anyone can help?
Thanks!

September 21, 2010, 15:36	Elemental display issue...	#2
PSYMN Senior Member Simon Pereira Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,663 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 47	You may just be viewing a cut thru some elements so it appears like that... Check your mesh types when the mesh is actually loaded to see if you really have any non hexa or quad elements. I am guessing that everything is just fine. It is just a display thing in Fluent. Instead of showing the cut thru the elements, try to display whole elements... That should sort it out. Sorry, I forget where this control is in Fluent. Simon

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September 21, 2010, 17:16		#3
cfdonlinederafa New Member Rafael Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 17	Thank you, i guess it must be that... becouse everything are quads and hexas... but i can not find the option you tell me about in fluent... anyone can help? Thanks!