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Cannot see internal faces when loading in pmdb file into Discovery

- December 11, 2025 at 9:21 am
  
  jesse.hofsteenge
  Subscriber
  
  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?
- January 13, 2026 at 10:52 am
  
  Lars G
  Ansys Employee
  
  Hello,
  
  I was able to reproduce the issue you experiencing. I need to check if this is a bug or wanted.
  Thanks,
  Lars
- January 13, 2026 at 2:34 pm
  
  Lars G
  Ansys Employee
  
  The development confirmed that it was working in 24R2 and no longer work from 25Rx SpaceClaim and Disco. The workaround is to open the file in 24R2
- January 13, 2026 at 2:50 pm
  
  jesse.hofsteenge
  Subscriber
  
  Dear Lars,
  Thank you for your reply and workaround. I hope this will be fixed in upcoming versions.
  Best,
  Jesse

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