{"id":31417,"date":"2018-11-08T23:45:11","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T23:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"\/forum\/forums\/topic\/matched-surface-mesh-at-the-interface\/"},"modified":"2018-11-08T23:45:11","modified_gmt":"2018-11-08T23:45:11","slug":"matched-surface-mesh-at-the-interface","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/forums\/topic\/matched-surface-mesh-at-the-interface\/","title":{"rendered":"Matched surface mesh at the interface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Hi,<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I am trying to get a matched surface mesh at an interface between two different bodies and not able to get it working.&nbsp; This is to simulate heat transfer from molten metal to a crucible.&nbsp; I created the geometry as two parts, with one body in each part,&nbsp;in the design modeler.&nbsp; When I brought it to Meshing, I am able to get the correct interface under &#8220;Connections -&gt; Contacts&#8221;.&nbsp; But, when I generated the mesh, the surface meshes on those two bodies are different. Therefore, there are some gaps between the meshes (see the attached images).&nbsp; How do I get a matched surface mesh at the interface?&nbsp; I tried inserting &#8220;Mesh -&gt; Insert -&gt; Contact Match&#8221;. But it didn&#8217;t help.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>I am using Version 19.1<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Thank you<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-31417","topic","type-topic","status-closed","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"custom_fields":[{"0":{"_bbp_old_topic_id":["3589"],"_bbp_old_topic_author_name_id":["Anonymous"],"_bbp_old_is_topic_anonymous_id":["false"],"_bbp_old_closed_status_id":["publish"],"_bbp_author_ip":[null],"_bbp_old_sticky_status_id":["normal"],"_bbp_likes_count":["0","0","0","0","0"],"_btv_view_count":["4836"],"_bbp_subscription":["237004"],"_bbp_topic_status":["unanswered"],"_bbp_status":["publish"],"_bbp_topic_id":["31417"],"_bbp_forum_id":["27790"],"_bbp_engagement":["25","897","81187"],"_bbp_voice_count":["3"],"_bbp_reply_count":["5"],"_bbp_last_reply_id":["69250"],"_bbp_last_active_id":["69250"],"_bbp_last_active_time":["2018-11-13 23:30:04"]},"test":"koomullil"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/31417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics\/31417\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationspace.ansys.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}