器 FLUENT Fluent User Services Cente Introductory GAMBIT Training vww. fluentusers com GAMBIT 2.3 June 2006 The Right Answer in CFD General Operations -Connect Connect Vertices, edges and faces can be connected The operation eliminates all duplicate entities and Connect Edges Edges Pick reconnects upper topology. ◆Rea Only entities within the ACis tolerance will be v virtual(Forced) connected v virtual(Tolerance) v Real and virtual (Tolerance) Existing mesh will be preserved Referance shorest Edie ie Copy Connect ranslate Edges Apply Reset Close One Face ges One edge
2-11 Fluent User Services Center www.fluentusers.com © 2006 Fluent Inc. Introductory GAMBIT Training GAMBIT 2.3 June 2006 General Operations – Connect ◆ Connect ⚫ Vertices, edges and faces can be connected. ⚫ The operation eliminates all duplicate entities and reconnects upper topology. ⚫ Only entities within the ACIS tolerance will be connected. ⚫ Existing mesh will be preserved One Face Two Edges Copy + Translate Connect Edges One Edge
器 FLUENT Fluent User Services Center Introductory GAMBIT Training vww. fluentusers com GAMBIT 2.3 June 2006 The Right Answer in CFD General Operations-Disconnect Vertices, edges and faces can be disconnected he operation recreates duplicate entities and reconnects upper topology koki ◆ Several options exist Disconnect About Real Edge Edge vertices Edge Edge only dethod Edge selected vertex Edge Select vertex Verex Disconnect Reset Close E One edge shared eages by two faces (one for each face 2-12
2-12 Fluent User Services Center www.fluentusers.com © 2006 Fluent Inc. Introductory GAMBIT Training GAMBIT 2.3 June 2006 General Operations – Disconnect ◆ Vertices, edges and faces can be disconnected ◆ The operation recreates duplicate entities and reconnects upper topology ◆ Several options exist ⚫ Edge + vertices ⚫ Edge only ⚫ Edge + selected vertex One edge shared by two faces Disconnect Edge + Vertices Two edges (one for each face)
器 FLUENT Fluent User Services Center Introductory GAMBIT Training vww. fluentusers com GAMBIT 2.3 June 2006 The Right Answer in CFD General Operations-Delete The delete tool can be used to delete any geometry Lower Geometry option If selected, will delete the selected entity plus any Delete Faces lower order geometry Faces Pick - I This option defaults to oN A Lower Geometry Will delete the selected entity plus all available lower Reset dose geometry(that does not belong to another entity) If not selected, the lower order geometry will be Delete Faces retained Faces Pick Useful for deleting an edge/face/volume for purposes of cleaning up splits in faces and edges Lower Geometr aose An entity Cannot be deleted if it is referenced by another higher order entity. A vertex that belongs to an edge, an edge that belongs to a face. etc ERROR: face face. 6 could not be deleted because it is being referenced by upper topology entity 2-13
2-13 Fluent User Services Center www.fluentusers.com © 2006 Fluent Inc. Introductory GAMBIT Training GAMBIT 2.3 June 2006 General Operations – Delete ◆ The delete tool can be used to delete any geometry. ◆ Lower Geometry option ⚫ If selected, will delete the selected entity plus any lower order geometry. ◼ This option defaults to ON. ◼ Will delete the selected entity plus all available lower geometry (that does not belong to another entity). ⚫ If not selected, the lower order geometry will be retained. ◼ Useful for deleting an edge/face/volume for purposes of cleaning up splits in faces and edges. ◆ An entity CANNOT be deleted if it is referenced by another higher order entity. ⚫ A vertex that belongs to an edge, an edge that belongs to a face, etc
器 FLUENT Fluent User Services Center Introductory GAMBIT Training vww. fluentusers com GAMBIT 2.3 June 2006 The Right Answer in CFD General Operations -miscellaneous Summarize/Query/ Summary of vertex coordinates, lower topology, mesh information, element/node labels. etc Checks for valid acIs geometry Query: useful to associate geometric objects with object names ∑ Get total number of entities ◆ Modify color/Labe Modify entity colors Sug Change entity label 2-14
2-14 Fluent User Services Center www.fluentusers.com © 2006 Fluent Inc. Introductory GAMBIT Training GAMBIT 2.3 June 2006 General Operations – Miscellaneous ◆ Summarize/Query/Total ⚫ Summary of vertex coordinates,lower topology, mesh information, element/node labels, etc. ⚫ Checks for valid ACIS geometry ⚫ Query: useful to associate geometric objects with object names ⚫ Get total number of entities ◆ Modify Color/Label ⚫ Modify entity colors ⚫ Change entity label
养 FLUENT Fluent User Services Cente Introductory GAMBIT Training vww. fluentusers com GAMBIT 2.3 June 2006 Geometry Creation
2-15 © 2006 Fluent Inc. Fluent User Services Center www.fluentusers.com Introductory GAMBIT Training GAMBIT 2.3 June 2006 Geometry Creation