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And for fluid flow, there really will not be much flow in this valley region where the two cylinders touch.&lt;\/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Two possible solutions.&lt;br&gt;1. Move the centerlines closer together so that there is some overlap between the cylinders. This will eliminate the non-manifold body problem that you are experiencing in DesignModeler.&lt;br&gt;2. And this is probably the better solution, create a thin body that will merge the two bodies together. I would create a small symmetrical rectangular body, only a fraction of a millimeter wide. You can then use this body to merge the two cylinders into one. I might even round the two valleys where they contact depending on why I am simulating this and what the mesh looks like.&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-320179","reply","type-reply","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The error message is a pretty good indicator of what is going wrong here. When you have two cylinders that are tangent to each other, they cannot be combined into a single body because there is a 1D line between them and not a 2D face. 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