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[snappyHexMesh] what does feature edge/line mean in snappyHexMesh documents?

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Old   April 11, 2024, 21:28
Default what does feature edge/line mean in snappyHexMesh documents?
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Hi,

The title says it all. I see this in many documentation and tutorials but not sure what does it exactly mean.

Edit: Also not sure what surface features are?
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Hello,

surface features are basically the edges of the surface. For instance on the the motorbike geometry, feature lines in red:



In snappyHexMesh you can specify refinement levels on these lines.

Feature lines can be extracted from a stl/obj file using the surfaceFeatureExtract (OpenCFD branch: openfoam.com) or surfaceFeatures (foundation branch: openfoam.org) utilities.

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Got it. Thank you Yann for your reply.
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