Specifying inlet and outlet on an existing geometry

askarli · July 21, 2021, 08:35

Hi all,

I've downloaded an existing stl file from the internet which is a distillation column. Now I want to specify inlet and outlet patches. However, the inlet and outlet pipes are hollow. My question is do I need to make the entrance of those cylindrical pipes filled as a surface? Please see the attached photos below:

https://ibb.co/VmTCg9d
https://ibb.co/QrnfYDZ
https://ibb.co/sqHQd6G

piu58 · July 21, 2021, 13:50

You need not only "fill" the entrances but the volumen of the distiller. As I can see the stl file is the one of the container. You need a file of the interior volume. The container itself may be represented by a boundary condition (perhaps, depends on your question).

askarli · July 25, 2021, 03:41

Dear Uwe,

Thank you so much for your reply. I decided to give up working on that file and learn FreeCad to draw the geometry myself.

Regards,
askarli.

July 21, 2021, 08:35	Specifying inlet and outlet on an existing geometry	#1
askarli New Member Sohrab Askarli Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Saudi Arabia Posts: 15 Rep Power: 5	Hi all, I've downloaded an existing stl file from the internet which is a distillation column. Now I want to specify inlet and outlet patches. However, the inlet and outlet pipes are hollow. My question is do I need to make the entrance of those cylindrical pipes filled as a surface? Please see the attached photos below: https://ibb.co/VmTCg9d https://ibb.co/QrnfYDZ https://ibb.co/sqHQd6G

July 21, 2021, 13:50		#2
piu58 Senior Member Uwe Pilz Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Leipzig, Germany Posts: 744 Rep Power: 15	You need not only "fill" the entrances but the volumen of the distiller. As I can see the stl file is the one of the container. You need a file of the interior volume. The container itself may be represented by a boundary condition (perhaps, depends on your question). __________________ Uwe Pilz -- Die der Hauptbewegung überlagerte Schwankungsbewegung ist in ihren Einzelheiten so hoffnungslos kompliziert, daß ihre theoretische Berechnung aussichtslos erscheint. (Hermann Schlichting, 1950)

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July 25, 2021, 03:41		#3
askarli New Member Sohrab Askarli Join Date: Jul 2021 Location: Saudi Arabia Posts: 15 Rep Power: 5	Dear Uwe, Thank you so much for your reply. I decided to give up working on that file and learn FreeCad to draw the geometry myself. Regards, askarli.