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[Elijah Pruett]

Hello, I am new to Ansys and Fluent software. I am working on a project for school and I need to create a volume mesh. The problem is that my school only has access to Fluent 2020 R1 and I do not have access to the geometry file, just the surface mesh. How can I create a volume mesh from a surface mesh without the geometry file? I understand that newer versions of Fluent have an option in workflow>watertight geometry>import geometry>file format>mesh but this doesn't seem to be the case in the 2020 version 

Thanks

[Federico]

What is the format of the surface mesh file? You may be able to import it into SpaceClaim and work with a faceted geometry as your model. 

Importing and exporting (ansys.com)

[Elijah Pruett]

It is a .msh file 

[Federico]

If you go through the link provided, you'll find that .msh files can be read in SpaceClaim.

[Elijah Pruett]

Thank you for your response, however I cannot seem to access that page without a customer account which I do not have due to me being a student