Meshing adjacent volumes

dragan · September 6, 2009, 16:47

How can one mesh two adjacent volumes, which share portion of a face (complete face of one volume and portion of the face of the other). When I try to connect these two faces, I get message that "The call to connect on list of faces resulted in no actual connect operations." If I don't do connect, each face is meshed independently, resulting in disjointed mesh.

-mAx- · September 7, 2009, 02:15

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dragan · September 7, 2009, 12:43

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-mAx- · September 8, 2009, 02:08

split face (the biggest one) with the smallest one.
You can check the connectivity with the icon at the bottom, next to the examine mesh icon (with the 3 colors blue, green, red)
The volume should appear in blue, the smallest surface (interface between the 2 connected volumes ) in pink

dmoroian · September 10, 2009, 09:21

You could also unite the two volumes.

dragan · September 13, 2009, 10:23

Thank you for the help -mAx. It is really mind-boggling how this never got mentioned in the manual. For all practical purposes manual is almost useless.

To dmorian: Thanks for the tip, but I need these volumes to be all of different materials, so uniting them is not an option.

September 6, 2009, 16:47	Meshing adjacent volumes	#1
dragan New Member Dragan Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 17	How can one mesh two adjacent volumes, which share portion of a face (complete face of one volume and portion of the face of the other). When I try to connect these two faces, I get message that "The call to connect on list of faces resulted in no actual connect operations." If I don't do connect, each face is meshed independently, resulting in disjointed mesh.

September 7, 2009, 02:15		#2
-mAx- Super Moderator Maxime Perelli Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 3,297 Rep Power: 41	post a picture __________________ In memory of my friend Hervé: CFD engineer & freerider

September 8, 2009, 02:08		#4
-mAx- Super Moderator Maxime Perelli Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Switzerland Posts: 3,297 Rep Power: 41	split face (the biggest one) with the smallest one. You can check the connectivity with the icon at the bottom, next to the examine mesh icon (with the 3 colors blue, green, red) The volume should appear in blue, the smallest surface (interface between the 2 connected volumes ) in pink __________________ In memory of my friend Hervé: CFD engineer & freerider

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September 10, 2009, 09:21		#5
dmoroian Senior Member Dragos Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 648 Rep Power: 20	You could also unite the two volumes.

September 13, 2009, 10:23		#6
dragan New Member Dragan Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3 Rep Power: 17	Thank you for the help -mAx. It is really mind-boggling how this never got mentioned in the manual. For all practical purposes manual is almost useless. To dmorian: Thanks for the tip, but I need these volumes to be all of different materials, so uniting them is not an option.