Defining iso-surface in a different orientation other than x, y and z

- September 28, 2018 at 3:44 pm
  
  vguda
  Subscriber
  
  I have a cylinder with the inlet face oriented in YZ direction. The length is along X direction. Say this cylinder is now rotated about Y direction 50 deg. I want to create an iso surface in the center plane along the length in the new axes. How to do it.
  
  If the cylinder is in regular orientation, i can say create iso surface in constant z . Now since it is rotated how to do it?
  
  If the geometry has parts oriented in different directions, is there a way to create one iso-surface or plane to represent the entire geom to view the flow
- September 28, 2018 at 4:33 pm
  
  raul.raghav
  Subscriber
  
  Moving this to the “Result Visualisation” thread.
  
  You can create a plane by prescribing 3 points. So a cross-section normal to the Z-axis of your original cylinder can be created by prescribing 3 points:
  (i) 0, 0, 0
  (ii) 0, y, 0
  (iii) x, 0, 0
  
  Now if you rotate the cylinder along the Y-axis by 50deg, the 3 points required to create the mid-plane normal to the Z-axis would become:
  (i) 0, 0, 0
  (ii) 0, y*cos(50), 0
  (iii) x, 0, 0
  
  Is this what you’re looking for?
- October 1, 2018 at 4:51 am
  
  Keyur Kanade
  Ansys Employee
  
  hello,
  
  Here is the procedure. Hope it helps.
  
  Regards,
  
  Keyur