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October 22, 2010, 13:12 |
Problem With Importing Coordinates for an Airfoil
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Hello everyone,
I have a .dat file with the coordinate points for a NACA4412 airfoil. I want to build the geometry, mesh it and analyze it with Fluent. However my first issue is that I cannot import the 500 or so coordinate points into Workbench Design Modeler. I keep looking online and I cannot find a direct answer to my question. Is it possible to import a .dat file into the DesignModeler so I can create the airfoil geometry? Short of that what do I need to do to import the coordinate points into the client? Can you give me any advice please? Thank you. P.S. I figured it out, turns out it is quite easy. Select Point, Coordinate File, and make sure the coordinates are in a .txt file following the format: Group Number Id Number X coord. Y coord. Z coord. 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 3 4 1 3 2 1 4 etc... The help feature actually did help this time. Last edited by Amerikaneca; October 22, 2010 at 13:38. |
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December 7, 2010, 08:33 |
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Alex
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What does Group Number and Id number mean? in terms of design modeler that is
thank you Last edited by coondason; December 7, 2010 at 08:57. |
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January 5, 2011, 15:21 |
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Lorenzo Mazzei
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A little advice. I've understood DM demands the comma, not the dot in the .txt list.
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July 8, 2011, 08:28 |
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this is correct answer:
http://www.cfd-online.com/Forums/cfx...ler-ansys.html In Ansys 12.1 I go to Concept menu and then select 3D curve. I then Import coordinates from .dat file in format mentioned in upper link |
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