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[Greaseguy]

 

I have this fluent simulation of a lubricated gap, one of the walls is moving. The simulation is running fine and now i am stuck at evaluating the results. 

 

One of the results i need to verify is the velocity distribution on the outflow. I do get this nice rainbow surface, which is what i expected, but i am very bad at determining colors, so i want to extract some values along a line so i can determine whether or not the velocity distribution is correct. 

 

 Is there a way to prepare a line in Modelling or Meshing that i can use to get values for a velocity plot? If not, what are my other options to get the results I need? I am sure that i am missing something fairly obvious in workbench 19 R2, but I cannot get it to work. 

 

Thank you! 

[Rob]

Have a look in Create > Surface > Line in Fluent (Results section of the ribbon). Experiment with line & rake to see what's best for your needs. 

[Greaseguy]

But is there a way to use premade named selections/components? Doing this using coordinates feels unnecessary tedious... 

The line/rake is the one i should use to get a set of results along a line? So i am at least on the right track!

 

Thank you!

 

I am still open for more elegant solutions

[Rob]

Yes, but you need to define & label geometry and then mesh blocks. Ie you label the boundary between two shapes in the geometry and plot on that: you'll get a line in 2d & a face in 3d.