Rotate mesh

nilseliasson · June 24, 2014, 13:01

Hi everyone! I am new to Flow3D and need some help from you guys. I have a component that I just rotated and I want my cylindrical mesh to follow. How do I rotate my mesh?

JBurnham · July 5, 2014, 21:50

Sorry, you can't rotate the cylindrical mesh. Z is always the axis direction of the cylinder. You can set gravity in a different direction, though: use the gravity components under Non-Inertial Frame option to set gravity in a Cartesian direction other than z (if you set it in x without the non-inertial frame, gravity points in all directions away from r = 0, right? So you must use non-inertial so gravity points only in one Cartesian x direction, not r, when you use cylindrical coordinates. Rotate your frame of reference instead.

nilseliasson · July 9, 2014, 07:08

Thank you JBurnham. Problem solved!

mondy · June 27, 2022, 08:41

Dear friend.
Have you solved the problem?
I don't hope to transform the model or component. Is there any method to transform the direction of the cylinderical mesh. How to rotate or transform the mesh? Thank you very much！

June 24, 2014, 13:01	Rotate mesh	#1
nilseliasson New Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 12	Hi everyone! I am new to Flow3D and need some help from you guys. I have a component that I just rotated and I want my cylindrical mesh to follow. How do I rotate my mesh?

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July 5, 2014, 21:50		#2
JBurnham Senior Member Jeff Burnham Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 204 Rep Power: 17	Sorry, you can't rotate the cylindrical mesh. Z is always the axis direction of the cylinder. You can set gravity in a different direction, though: use the gravity components under Non-Inertial Frame option to set gravity in a Cartesian direction other than z (if you set it in x without the non-inertial frame, gravity points in all directions away from r = 0, right? So you must use non-inertial so gravity points only in one Cartesian x direction, not r, when you use cylindrical coordinates. Rotate your frame of reference instead.

July 9, 2014, 07:08		#3
nilseliasson New Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 12	Thank you JBurnham. Problem solved!

June 27, 2022, 08:41		#4
mondy New Member AMD Join Date: Jun 2022 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 4	Dear friend. Have you solved the problem? I don't hope to transform the model or component. Is there any method to transform the direction of the cylinderical mesh. How to rotate or transform the mesh? Thank you very much！