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Cannot see internal faces when loading in pmdb file into Discovery

    • December 11, 2025 at 9:21 am
      jesse.hofsteenge
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      Hello,

      I am following the Ansys Fluent tutorial on combustion (- Ansys Help). I wanted to check the geometry in Discovery (2025 R2), so I loaded in the can_combustor.pmdb file. However, the internal faces of the swirler vanes are not showing up in the features tree. They are also not listed in the Named Selections. It seems Discovery is not loading these faces in or is hiding them somewhere. They are there in the pmdb file because Fluent meshing recognizes them and when I load the geoemtry in Design Modeler they are also there.

      Is this a bug in Discovery or do I need to check/uncheck something when importing a pmdb file in Discovery?

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