[Other] Unable to center propeller in cylinder..

orkavic · December 14, 2013, 18:57

I was wondering if anybody had any idea as to how I can center my propeller in this cylinder. I am trying to just replace the propeller in the actual propeller case in the pimpldymfoam solver, but I just cant get it to the center.. I am attaching a screenshot.

mturcios777 · December 16, 2013, 12:48

Judging from your picture it looks like the mesh is generated by snappyHexMesh. If so have you tried using surfaceTransformPoints?

orkavic · December 16, 2013, 13:34

I am using snappyhexmesh. I figured out that I had not selected the option to avoid translating the propeller into positive space when saving as an STL in solidworks. Once I selected that option, the propeller was centered.

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December 16, 2013, 12:48		#2
mturcios777 Senior Member Marco A. Turcios Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 740 Rep Power: 28	Judging from your picture it looks like the mesh is generated by snappyHexMesh. If so have you tried using surfaceTransformPoints?

December 16, 2013, 13:34		#3
orkavic New Member neek honeys Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 7 Rep Power: 13	I am using snappyhexmesh. I figured out that I had not selected the option to avoid translating the propeller into positive space when saving as an STL in solidworks. Once I selected that option, the propeller was centered.