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[mandeep_shetty]

I have created (in ICEM itself) 2 squares connected by a curve in the middle (Which is red in color after the topology is built).

i) Are these 2 square surfaces separate 'Patches'?

I meshed them with Patche Dependent and Patch Independent methods. Both methods respected the middle curve separating the 2 squares and gave a conformal mesh.

I deleted (not permanently) the middle curve ( so its dormant) and again meshed with Patche Dependent and Patch Independent methods. This time both methods did not respect the middle dormant curve. I had expected the Patch Dependendent method to respect the middle dormant curve since I thought the 2 squares are separate patches. But that was not the case.

So my question is what are 'Patches' and how are they different from 'surfaces'.

[RK]

Hello,
Just to confirm, you are using ICEM right?

[mandeep_shetty]

Yes I am using ICEM. But the question is general since patch-dependent and independent methods are used in other Ansys products too.

[mandeep_shetty]

I am shifting this to preprocessing page.