{"id":397268,"date":"2024-12-12T14:15:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T14:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/397268\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T14:15:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T14:15:09","slug":"397268","status":"publish","type":"reply","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/reply\/397268\/","title":{"rendered":"Reply To: Generating non-conformal mesh for sliding mesh when moving domain is a sphere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&lt;p&gt;I&#8217;ve continued messing around with this problem and sometimes I get the following error when generating the surface mesh. There are some warning that happen before hand. This error occurs when I generate the objects using the cylinder tool, sphere tool and then starting from the outside and working in use the combine tool to remove the sphere from the farfield domain and then again to remove the rocket from the sphere. I&#8217;d love to hear any ideas on what to try.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n<pre>&lt;span style=\"color: #e03e2d;\"&gt;Error: Cannot merge zones of different types or belonging to different objects.&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=\"color: #e03e2d;\"&gt;Error Object: #f&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=\"color: #e03e2d;\"&gt;Error: state\/object\/execute-command:Exception encountered in S_ExecuteTask: Cannot merge zones of different types or belonging to different objects.&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style=\"color: #e03e2d;\"&gt;Error Object: ()&lt;\/span&gt;<\/pre>\n<p>&lt;p&gt;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/12\/12-12-2024-1734012787-mceclip0.png\" \/>&lt;\/p&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-397268","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=\"I&#039;ve continued messing around with this problem and sometimes I get the following error when generating the surface mesh. 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